Supporters of Friedrich Merz, the conservative candidate of the ... Revenge against his eternal rival, Angela Merkel, who repeatedly hindered his political rise before returning to haunt his ...

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came out on top in Germany's February 23 elections, has already embarked on ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

This time it is Friedrich Merz, the supposedly steel-spined conservative who spent years critiquing Angela Merkel’s drift ...

The country has become risk-averse Chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz governed ... himself from stoking resentments. Risk No. 2: Friedrich Merz is too far to the rightDuring the campaign ...

Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time ... But the top prize was blocked by his longstanding rival, Angela Merkel. After losing the leadership to her in a bitter power struggle in the early 2000s ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to ... The debt brake, enshrined in the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social ... The conservatives and SPD are used to governing together, having done so three times under Angela ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World ... who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics ...