Friedrich Merz, migration hard-liner and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, is expected to become Germany's next chancellor. His party the Christian Democratic Union is leading polls alongside its ...

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz watches the media at a joint news conference with Markus Soeder, Christian Social Union party leader and state ...

Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 31, 2018. Credit: AP/Michael Sohn By The Associated Press Updated ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Christian Democratic Union taps Friedrich Merz as its candidate for chancellor in next national election.

Friedrich Merz has formally took over as the leader of Germany’s main opposition party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, after being elected by a ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), firmly rejected any cooperation with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an ...

Reuters. German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general ...

Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Federal Chairman and CDU/ Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, responds to the German ...

Friedrich Merz, migration hard-liner and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, is expected to become Germany's next chancellor. His party the Christian Democratic Union is leading polls alongside its ...