Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

With just two weeks to go (Feb 23 rd ) will the German elections, a number of new, national polls underline the lead of the ...

Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...

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

It's a grim assessment of the exiting government when national defense is among Germany's top concerns in the Feb. 23 election.

The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and ...

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

Will there be a "brutally tough message" from the Americans to the Europeans, as CDU leader Friedrich Merz expects? US Vice ...

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

German opposition leader and chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance for ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly ...