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

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become the post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin.

The leader of the center-right Christian ... the Taurus. And Mr. Merz has pledged that Germany will meet and surpass the current NATO target of 2 percent of gross domestic product being spent ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said after his unofficial victory Sunday that a top priority is to make his country and ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after projections showed his Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) winning 28.5% of the vote in Sunday's federal election, securing a clear lead ...