Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...

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

German voters will elect a new government on 23 February after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed. Main issues ...

The leading candidates to become Germany's next chancellor clashed over the country's struggling economy in a heated four-way ...