Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

Germany's incoming government is being watched with some scepticism by people across the political spectrum. Conservative ...

LOVE AT FIRST TRIP: Incoming premier Friedrich Merz will make his first foreign visit as chancellor ... A questionnaire will go out to all young men (and women, optionally) to gauge who’s willing and ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s CDU party emerged victorious ... “For the first time in the still-young history of the AfD, we are the strongest force in Germany. Thank you for your ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his proposed government approve a coalition agreement ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz has yet to begin his chancellorship ... Much of the criticism of Merz is coming from his conservative bloc’s youth organization, the Young Union. Johannes Winkel, the chair of ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal Wednesday to form a new government. Merz, 69, who will ...