Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel ...

The vice president delivered a scolding speech advocating that Europe move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, ...

His father served as a local judge, as does Friedrich Merz's wife Charlotte to this day. The younger Merz joined the CDU while still at school. In an interview 25 years ago with the German ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once said that reading JD Vance's book, "Hillbilly Elegy," brought him to tears, but this ...

Public transport strike in Berlin starts, Scholz and Merz clash over far right in election debate, police investigate drones ...

These are the key political figures in Germany's early elections on February 23, one of whom will be the country's next ...

He is seen as a potential future leader of Germany, offering a solution to Europe's crisis of confidence, according to his supporters. Friedrich Merz, a well-known figure in his conservative party's ...

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