Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The lanky, bespectacled lawyer will turn 70 in November.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become the country's next chancellor, accused incumbent Olaf Scholz of failing to recognize the poor state of the German economy, as the ...

German election campaigns usually have a sense of quiet inevitability about them. Accurate polls long in advance give a good idea of who will be chancellor, and with which coalition partners. So it ...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and ... he no longer trusted the CDU or Merz on the issue of AfD cooperation. "One this is very clear: After Mr. Merz broke his word, nobody can ...

It was "a question of fundamental importance." Friedrich Merz, the leader of the opposition CDU, used the backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to see a non-binding resolution on ...

FLENSBURG, Germany — Friedrich Merz is Germany’s likely next chancellor, but how he will form a coalition government is looking increasingly uncertain. At a campaign event on Friday in the northern ...

Discover all the benefits of Euractiv +. BERLIN – Germany‘s election frontrunner Friedrich Merz received a boost in a hotly anticipated poll released on Thursday, which suggested that voters ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the conservative front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is signaling a tougher stance on transatlantic relations. At the top of Merz’s agenda: concerns over Elon ...

Germany's chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz has pledged to confront US President Donald Trump over Elon Musk's attempts to influence elections in European countries. In an interview with Berliner ...

At a joint appearance at the CSU's small party conference on Saturday, both CDU leader Friedrich Merz and CSU chairman Markus Söder emphasized that they would remain part of the "firewall ...

“Monk by the Sea,” 1808-10, in the exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times Supported by By ...