Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), firmly rejected any ...

Friedrich Merz said a new push for a free trade deal with the US could "prevent a dangerous spiral of tariffs." The ...

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

BERLIN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is favoured to succeed ... challenging conditions ...

A new poll of German voters six weeks ahead of nationwide parliamentary elections found that the Green Party's top candidate, ...

BERLIN - Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival’s party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is getting ... in a television interview saying there ...

The German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is in pole position to become ... the Christian Democrat leader said in an interview with DPA news agency. “A new European-American joint ...

If the polls hold, Mr. Scholz’s successor as chancellor could be Friedrich Merz, the now 69-year-old leader of the rival conservative-centrist Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get ...

Merz was born on November 11, 1955 and has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz, a judge. They have three adult children. Merz, who at 198 cm (6ft 6 in) stands out in a crowd, is ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...