BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just ...

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

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the ...

The US president and his administration have maintained a combative stance toward Europe, including Germany and Ukrainian ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz stepped up his attacks on rival Robert Habeck from the Greens as the campaign ahead of Germany’s federal elections enters the final stretch.

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 ...

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