Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

Germany’s favourite political feud is no more. After 22 entertaining years, ex-chancellor Angela Merkel and Friedrich Merz, her rival and chancellor hopeful, have buried the hatchet in public ...

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor of Germany after an early exit poll put his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc in the lead. Reacting to the early results, Mr Merz said he would ...

Germany’s former chancellor criticizes her successor’s hardline stance on migration, calling it a threat to EU unity.

Friedrich Merz is on the brink of achieving a long ... After climbing the ranks of the CDU, he tangled with former chancellor Angela Merkel for the party leadership at the turn of the millennium.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized ... line migration motion through parliament. Merkel noted that party leader Friedrich Merz had said in November that no measures should ...

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the ... the recent biography “Friedrich Merz: His Path to Power ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel was no longer present when lawmakers elected conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the country's next chancellor in a second round of voting. Merkel had ...