Supporters of Friedrich Merz, the conservative candidate of the ... Revenge against his eternal rival, Angela Merkel, who repeatedly hindered his political rise before returning to haunt his ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor ... It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the ...

German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role ... However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor ... who saw his ascent derailed by former chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics for ...

The country has become risk-averse Chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz governed ... himself from stoking resentments. Risk No. 2: Friedrich Merz is too far to the rightDuring the campaign ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence spending ...