He became the leader of his Christian Democratic Union party after longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel — a former rival — stepped down in 2021. Mr. Merz has taken his party in a more ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new chancellor. The ruling Social Democrats are seeing a decline, while the far ...

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The victory puts conservative chief Friedrich Merz on track to become the country's next chancellor, succeeding outgoing leader Olaf Scholz. Merz said he is aware of the dimension of the tasks he ...

Four candidates were competing for the top chancellor job after the ruling coalition collapsed, triggering a snap election. Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was fighting for re ...

According to those who know him well, Merz ― Germany’s next chancellor ― is a person who is just as likely to be swayed by his own emotional reaction as through cold political calculation. That night ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...

The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called ...

Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessperson who has never been a minister and was forced out of government years ago in a ...

Friedrich Merz, Chairman and candidate for chancellor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), speaks at the party's headquarters, the Konrad Adenauer House, after the forecast of the German ...

It puts Friedrich Merz, a pro-NATO economic liberal, in the seat to become the country's next chancellor. Current chancellor Olaf Scholz could be left in a caretaker role for months as the CDU/CSU ...