Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and election front-runner has waited a long time to reach this point - one step away from the German chancellorship.

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

He is the President of the History Council of South Australia. Friedrich Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has captured the highest proportion of votes in Germany’s election ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

And yet Friedrich Merz will step into Germany’s top job with an immediate chance to be the most influential German chancellor globally since the financial crisis heyday of his longtime rival ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after the country’s election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls indicated his bloc was in the lead. Acknowledging the challenges ahead ...

Caspar David Friedrich’s “Moonrise by the Sea” (1822) is one of those paintings that stay with you your whole life. It has all the requisite ingredients and then some: surreal beauty ...

That winner-in-waiting is Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Together with its Bavarian sister party, the CDU is predicted to win some 30% of the vote ...

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won two more World Cup bobsled overall titles on Sunday, the 21st and 22nd of the German star’s career. Friedrich drove to a second-place finish ...

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promoting pro-Russian narratives and demonising conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz. The bot network, dubbed "Geist" by researchers working with Germany's Robert Bosch Foundation ...