Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

- Election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and CDU top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...

Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

Scholz, the 66-year-old incumbent chancellor, is facing an uphill struggle for re-election as his Social Democratic Party ...

With less than two days until voters go the polls, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to be Germany's next ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday it was still too early to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, an opinion echoed by his main rival in this weekend's elections, Friedrich Merz.

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.