Friedrich Merz is the man tasked with leading Germany's next administration. Merz, who was somewhat sidelined during Angela ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a ...

Germany’s conservatives won Sunday’s elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next Chancellor, followed ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the elections after chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence on 15 ...

Last month, he brought a nonbinding motion calling for many more migrants to be turned back at Germany's borders to ...