in Germany. But when Merkel announced she would be leaving politics in 2021, Merz returned and gradually rose through the ranks once again. The CDU elected him party leader in 2022 on his third ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, is expected to become Germany’s next leader under the agreement, replacing outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The parties ...

But Merz’s recent political difficulties have left him injured, a weakened leader who may have to spend more time attempting to repair his damaged image at home. Already Germany’s conservative bloc is ...

Alice Weidel, Party and Parliamentary group leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), gives a press conference after their party's parliamentary group meeting. Otten is a candidate for the ...

saw Germany's European star dull. Across the border, Emmanuel Macron — no stranger to his own domestic political battles — has emerged as Europe's most important national leader amid the ...

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, in Berlin on Thursday, met with Friedrich Merz, federal chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) party, who is the candidate to be the next ...

(L-R) The leader of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) and Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder, the leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz ...