Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz expects little to pass parliament ahead of early elections in ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

Friedrich Merz has long been a beacon of hope for the conservative Christian Democrats. He now wants to unseat Chancellor ...

The Schuldenbremse was enshrined in the German constitution in 2009 by then chancellor Angela Merkel — a CDU politician — in ...

Angela Merkel, whose successive governments demanded deep austerity from neighbours in the euro zone debt crisis, said the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Wednesday ...

Germany's ruling Social Democrats officially made Chancellor Olaf Scholz their lead candidate on Monday for February's ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in favour of reforming Germany's constitutional limit on government ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has long been sharply critical of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government. Now, though, Merz appears to ...

Merz believes that revisiting the policies that helped drive Germany’s postwar economic miracle will provide the path to ...

Friedrich Merz has long been a beacon of hope for the conservative Christian Democrats. He now wants to unseat Chancellor Olaf Scholz and take over as Germany's leader. At the age of 69.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire former corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an ...