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(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Merz has a hardline stance on migration. He has called for asylum-seekers arriving from other European Union member ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: November 11, 1955 Birth place: Brilon, Germany Birth name: Joachim ...

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion.

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on Thursday to address topics including Ukraine and tariffs. Trump and Merz have been in communication with each other to build ...

As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepares for his first visit to the White House Thursday, investors are backing him to lead an economic resurgence, driven by a major program of spending on ...

President Trump plans to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz next week in Washington, D.C., in the first meeting between the two leaders.

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

Few can have faced the enormity of the challenges that Friedrich Merz faces with so little confidence among his citizens that he can meet them.