Despite a crushing election defeat, the leader of the Social Democrats is on track to become Germany’s second-in-command ...
When his coalition collapsed after a budget dispute in 2024, it sealed his fate.
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...
Merz has four to five years not just to breathe new life into his party, but to ensure the country’s traditional political ...
After securing the largest share in the German election, Friedrich Merz has met with President Emmanuel Macron in the French capital. The pair discussed European security in the face of a shifting US ...
The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...
Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and soon to be chancellor of Germany, announced ...
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, is not expected to accompany outgoing ...
If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.