The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian ... In Eastern Germany, you have a lot of people who think that actually the U.S. is evil and Russia is not that bad.

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

Supporters of Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic ... “But he’s the lesser evil, the least evil.” Sten Hornig, 34, a longtime Christian Democrat voter in Dresden, also ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...