But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

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

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television t ...

Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor-in-waiting, advocates nuclear talks with France and Britain while maintaining U.S. protection. He calls for stronger European defense amid rising tensions from Russia ...