Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...

last Sunday’s victory by Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its self-assured chief, Friedrich Merz, is a refreshing blast of fresh air. After all, the party has ...

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...