In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.

Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.

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

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor, said he’s open to considering common European Union ...

Friedrich Merz is on the precipice of becoming Germany’s next chancellor. If successful, his conservatism and quest for new allies to secure Europe’s nuclear deterrent could create a “two-speed Europe ...

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive Europe’s largest economy - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

We are now a few days away from the German general election (February 23), which is becoming even more significant in the ...