Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to prioritise European unity and the continent’s ...

The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's so-called five-point migration ... Merz's proposals followed a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last week, where two people were ...

The incident in Aschaffenburg, occurring just weeks ... Leader of the centre-right CDU party, Friedrich Merz, has already vowed to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to become Germany ... and knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg earlier this month. “Is it seriously your position that, in light of ...

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the ... But when the Afghan national killed a two-year-old boy and an adult in Aschaffenburg last week, the CDU leader changed tack, given that ...

The non-binding motion was introduced by Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right ... The backdrop to the drama was the murder last week in Aschaffenburg, a town in Bavaria, of two people by ...

Horrified by the Aschaffenburg attack on Jan 22, in which a rejected Afghan asylum seeker killed two people – including a toddler, opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared that enough was enough.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz faced sharp criticism on ... has intensified following a deadly knife attack in Aschaffenburg last week that left two people dead, including ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader ... like those recently seen in Magdeburg and Aschaffenburg. In both instances, the suspects had applied ...