The leader of the victorious CDU, Friedrich Merz, has a checkered history in German politics— from challenging Angela Merkel, ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...

As Germany heads to the polls on February 23, Europe finds itself at a crossroads. With Berlin and Paris preoccupied with ...

Friedrich Merz ... Germany’s low economic growth could restrain any large increase in military spending, but a loosening of the constitutional debt brake, which Mr. Merz has promised, would ...

The German government is preparing for an upheaval in its parliament as citizens head to the ballot box following the collapse of the nation's ruling coalition.

When Germans go to vote in one week's time, after a polarising election campaign overshadowed by a far-right surge, they are expected to hand the chancellery to conservative Friedrich Merz.

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) FILE - CDU party leader Friedrich Merz arrives for ... the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025.

Germans are going to the polls on Sunday in national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will likely be a new chancellor and a new governing coalition. Usually a little dry and often ...