The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

His father served as a local judge, as does Friedrich Merz's wife Charlotte to this day. The younger Merz joined the CDU while still at school. In an interview 25 years ago with German newspaper ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to lead the ... he has been a part of CDU since 1972. He married ...

Friedrich Merz (CDU, center r), party chairman and candidate for chancellor, and his wife Charlotte Merz (C-L) arrive at the polling station to cast their votes in the Schützenhalle Arnsberg ...

With his party topping Germany's snap election poll, Friedrich Merz looks ... Away from his career and politics, Merz has been married to his wife Charlotte Gass since 1981 and the couple have ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government ... he would leave politics if it ever placed his 40-year-marriage, to Charlotte, a judge, under strain. "For me that price would be too ...

“Friedrich Merz is perhaps the most international chancellor ... values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife Charlotte, who is now a judge, while he was studying law.

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has vowed to rule Europe's top economy by returning to his Christian Democrats' conservative roots, help business and crack down ...

“Friedrich Merz is perhaps the most international chancellor ... values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife Charlotte, who is now a judge, while he was studying law.