German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said Germany would spend more ...

The German conservative in pole position to become the next chancellor is toughening his position on migration as he tries to ...

With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany's next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has blasted his conservative rival's call for a rollback of recent reforms that makes it easier ...

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

Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz has caused a stir with a new proposal to reform the law on citizenship. "Friedrich Merz is deliberately playing with right-wing populist fire and is not ...

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 ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is favoured to succeed Olaf Scholz as chancellor, would support a new attempt ...

German greenhouse gas emissions fell again in 2024 but at a slower rate, due to lagging green investment by industry and ...

The German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is in pole position to become the country’s next chancellor, has said the EU should make a fresh attempt at a sweeping free trade deal with the ...

Merz said Musk had “overlooked” a few important points in his article, saying he would never have been able to build his Tesla factory in the east German state of Brandenburg with the AfD. It was the ...

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