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

Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost ...

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

BERLIN - Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will ...

The frontrunner in the race to run Germany is Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats (CDU) are up to 10 points ahead in ...

Eclipsed in the CDU by Angela Merkel in 2002, he eventually left politics, served on the boards of investment banks and took up flying as an amateur pilot. Getty Images Merz's first two bids to ...

Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, faces the challenge of revitalizing the economy and addressing immigration ...

EXCLUSIVE: Polling for the Daily Express shows that support for the right-wing Alternative for Deutschland party in Germany ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes that he will can return to office following the election on February 23. The latest ARD ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...