Friedrich Merz ... Protestant – rather than Catholic – background and centrist leanings. The pair’s rivalry became more apparent in 2002, when Merz was pushed aside as leader of the ...

After a two-year lead in the polls, Friedrich Merz is largely expected to become ... potential turbulence caused by a Donald Trump White House. As well as economic recession, Germany, like most ...

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit behind him. By Jim Tankersley and Tatiana Firsova Reporting from Stromberg ...