Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany ... need to form a coalition with the center-left Social ...

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

- Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 8, 2025 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the ...

Germany‘s conservative opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, won the national election on Sunday, but the outcome was far from ...

Conservative leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz has said he hopes to form a new government by mid-April if he wins. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s outgoing government will remain in office on a ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World ... with the center-left Social Democrats of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He has repeatedly pledged to not work with the far-right anti ...