With his party topping Germany's snap election poll, Friedrich Merz looks set to ... Gass since 1981 and the couple have three children. Merz is also a keen aviator and Mrs Merz reportedly stopped ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian ... any authority over their children, who he described as "little pashas." This attracted much controversy at the time for its racist ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government ... If he takes office, he will be the first chancellor with children, and the first not previously divorced, since Helmut Kohl left office ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is closing fast.

Yet, there’s understandable skepticism that Friedrich Merz can bear this mantle, much less fend off the far right. But now, after three decades of trying, Merz has the chance to prove he can.