IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, faces the challenge of revitalizing the economy and addressing immigration ...

If UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel thought victory for the business-friendly conservatives in next week’s ...

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

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 doubles down on ‘need for change of policy’ even after Bundestag rejects AfD-backed migration bill ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...

notably as the chairman of the German arm of BlackRock, an asset manager, during which time he became a multi-millionaire. He has certainly demonstrated resilience. Mr Merz quit politics in the ...

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