German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said Germany would spend more ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, said defence spending targets should be aligned with ...

The German conservative in pole position to become the next chancellor is toughening his position on migration as he tries to ...

Friedrich Merz, believes the upcoming elections are as important as the country's first federal vote in 1949. Speaking at an ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's main conservative party and frontrunner to be the country's next chancellor, is ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

German Christian Democrat party boss Friedrich Merz campaigning in regional elections in Erfurt, Germany. August 21, 2024. (Steffen Prößdorf/Wikimedia Commons) BERLIN (CN) — Out of Germany's roiling ...

Merz also said that Germany needed to gradually reduce its corporation tax rates towards 25%, with current levels nearer 30%. He said this would tackle non-wage labor costs and make the country an ...

Only unforeseen circumstances could prevent Friedrich Merz, the hard-talking chief of the CDU conservative party, from ...

The campaign is well underway, with polls showing Scholz’s party trailing the conservative opposition Union bloc led by ...

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again. By Christopher F.