Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing dissatisfaction with ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has pledged to strengthen Germany's role on the European and world stage at a time US ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ... However, Merz apparently saw his move as a gamble aimed at curbing the success of the anti-immigration AfD. Merz was often thought ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th ... thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. That prompted his opponents to accuse Merz of breaking a taboo ...

For the AfD, this represents an increase of one percentage ... By contrast, the CDU/CSU, led by the likely next Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, lost two percentage points.

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World ... from the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. That prompted his opponents to accuse Merz ...