Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government with the country’s Social Democrats. The new government’s priorities are to ...

Germany’s incoming leader Friedrich Merz quickly passed a massive fiscal package, representing a seismic shift for the ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to become Germany's next chancellor based and will likely be sworn in in early May. The 69-year-old will be the ...

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term of chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...

Friedrich Merz has reached an agreement to form a new government (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a ...