Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on ...

Germany has formed a new political coalition deal under the conservative leader Friedrich Merz who is the country's chancellor-in-waiting. The alliance is among the Christian Democratic Union ...

Merz is set to take over as leader of Europe's top economy just as US President Donald Trump has sparked global trade turmoil and raised fears about future transatlantic security ties. Asked at a ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's next leader, the conservative Friedrich Merz, vowed Wednesday to "move the country forward again" by boosting the economy and defence as he presented a deal to launch ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government with the country’s Social Democrats. The new government’s priorities are to ...

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 ...

Germany's conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz unveiled his party's coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats at a press conference on Wednesday, vowing to "move the ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist parties in a bold and optimistic speech in Berlin on Wednesday, hours after ...

Germany’s incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that his government will turn away asylum seekers at its land borders and promised a “repatriation offensive” against illegal immigrants.