Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany 's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is poised to become the country's next chancellor ...

A long-time rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU party, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the ...

Friedrich Merz, who won the Bundestag elections according to exit polls, stated that, in his opinion, the US and Russia are ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU win in Germany's early election signaled a shift in the political landscape, as dissatisfaction with ...

Conservatives expected to have tough coalition talks after the far-right AfD surged to become Germany’s second-largest party.

World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader. The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which ...

Friedrich Merz from the CDU/CSU likely to form new government with battered Social Democrats while pro-renewables Greens no ...

- Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), right, and Bavaria Governor Markus Soeder wave to supporters at a ...

The Leader of the AfD remarks that America can have a docile Germany and pay most of its defense bills — or leave Germany to ...