Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for Germany’s next chancellor, has said that Europe must be united in foreign, security ...

BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

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

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for Germany’s next chancellor, has raised concerns over Elon Musk’s relentless ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

(AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz speaks at a ...