Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, said defence spending targets should be aligned with ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become the country's next chancellor, has called on the EU to ...

The German conservative in pole position to become the next chancellor is toughening his position on migration as he tries to ...

With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China stance will hold.

Friedrich Merz said a new push for a free trade deal with the US could "prevent a dangerous spiral of tariffs." The opposition Christian Democrat leader hopes to become chancellor after February's ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

Only unforeseen circumstances could prevent Friedrich Merz, the hard-talking chief of the CDU conservative party, from ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is favoured to succeed Olaf Scholz as chancellor, would support a new attempt ...

Merz said Musk had “overlooked” a few important points in his article, saying he would never have been able to build his Tesla factory in the east German state of Brandenburg with the AfD. It was the ...

Friedrich Merz, the man in pole position to become Germany’s next chancellor, has condemned Elon Musk over his opinion article praising the far-right Alternative for Germany, calling it ...

Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s main conservative party and frontrunner to be the country’s next chancellor, is advocating for a new attempt at a transatlantic free ...