Supporters say Merz wields the kind of assertive leadership Germany needs as it battles an ailing economy and a potential ...

After securing the largest share in the German election, Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. They discussed European security in the face of a ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

When you have been a professor of political economy, as I have been, people ask what you are more interested in. Is it politics, or is it ...

Christian Democrats won with their leader, Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor of Germany. But the far right and ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the US. But an erstwhile ...

CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who came out on top in the snap election results, is aiming to close a ...

A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...

Friedrich Merz and the CDU's victory in the German election present a shift in Germany's foreign policy, with an emphasis on ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.