Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

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

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

The expected happened in the German elections held on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The turnout was the largest in decades. The electorate gave the most votes to the Christian Democrats and their sister ...

Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe? The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry ...

Friedrich Merz’s long-anticipated victory in Germany’s federal election on February 23rd marked a shift in the country’s ...

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the West's oldest political parties, with a legacy of advocating parliamentary democracy, opposing Nazism, and leading the modernisation of postwar Germany. In ...

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

Friedrich Merz will try to govern with a moderate coalition at a time of rising support for extremist political forces ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...