Both Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his rival, the Christian Democrat frontrunner Friedrich Merz ... morning before his departure to Davos. Merz’s policy platform to kick start ...

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

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 ...

Der deutsche Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz (CDU) äußerte sich beim Weltwirtschaftsforum (WEF) in Davos zur "österreichischen Situation". WEF-Präsident Borge Brende sprach ihn auf die ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As Friedrich Merz moves closer to power, the women in his Christian Democratic Union fear they will be kept ...

MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) - The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

Friedrich Merz wird auf dem CDU-Parteitag offiziell zum Kanzlerkandidaten gekürt. Ein Wahlkreischeck verrät, wie die Bundestags-Kandidierenden ticken. Und wie ein palästinensischer Journalist sein ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

04/15/2025 April 15, 2025 Russia has criticised comments by Germany's chancellor-in waiting, Friedrich Merz, for suggesting that his country is open to sending long-range Taurus missiles to ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz called on Monday for swift action to secure Germany's competitiveness in response to sliding stock and bond markets, following U.S ...