Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to ...

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

Concern is growing over the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s rise ahead of the German election. Its U.S. supporters ...

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...

Merz faces challenges both from external factors and his own decisions, such as collaborating with the far-right Alternative ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...