Friedrich Merz is on track to become Germany’s next chancellor, with his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and its ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Thursday the U.S. was at risk of sliding into longer-term authoritarian ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

In the wake of Trump’s victory—and his administration’s transformation from staunch ally to sneering adversary—Germany’s ...

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.

Friedrich Merz leads Germany's election, signaling financial reforms, while Alice Weidel’s AfD pushes for radical crypto deregulation.

Germans will greet the next government with the stoniest of scepticism. Thorsten Faas, a political scientist at the Free ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...

To achieve the success he craves, Germany’s likely next chancellor needs liberals and left-wingers to crash and burn.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's conservative leader, expressed concerns about potential authoritarian instability in the U.S., overshadowing Germany’s 70th NATO anniversary. As a candidate for Chancellor, ...