Charlotte Merz, the wife of the front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Friday she hardly sees her husband Friedrich during the ongoing election campaign, only catching glimpses of him on television or Instagram.

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United States that is more aligned with Russia.

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany's chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer and working with major corporations.