The reality is more mundane. Merz’s father, Joachim, was conscripted into the Wehrmacht at 17, when military service was ...

The fate of the chancellor, his coalition government and his traditionally conservative party all depends on how they counter ...

Between Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally, populists continue to rise in Europe’s most powerful countries.

Friedrich Merz has begun curbing irregular immigration and shaping foreign policy, while cracks are appearing in his ...

Germany's new center-right chancellor, Friedrich Merz, vowed that citizens would see clear changes in their country soon ...

Vast majority of Germans call on government to exert greater pressure on Netanyahu, while 60% back recognition of Palestinian ...

The German government has left for its summer break, but things are bubbling up behind the scenes. And Chancellor Friedrich ...

As the war in Gaza drags on amid reports of famine, formulating Israel policy can be difficult in a country that has long defined itself by support for the Jewish state.

4. He’s a transatlantacist From 2009 to 2019, Merz chaired the Atlantic Bridge, a prominent German organisation devoted to strengthening relations between Germany and the US.

Friedrich Merz, a former banker who has never been a government minister, appears almost certain to be the next chancellor of Germany after his conservative CDU/CSU alliance won the most votes in ...

Volker Resing, who wrote the recent biography Friedrich Merz: His Path To Power, says that Mr Merz would possibly be “the most international chancellor” Germany has had since 1945.

BERLIN - Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives slipped into second place behind Germany's far right in a poll marking his ...