Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic ... But world leaders may have to wait ...

Friedrich Merz ... has been mocked by some Germans who see Mr. Merz, who flies his own private plane, as being divorced from the economic reality many members of the middle class face.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Germans delivered a major ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...

Friedrich Merz Targeted by ... illustrating their posts with AI pictures of Merz. Some posts portray Germany as being stuck in a spiral of economic decline that can only be halted if it starts ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the ... policy gridlock and tackle the country’s economic problems. Merz said he wants to immediately begin ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz ... response to President Trump’s new world order. It drew the highest voter turnout in decades. Mr. Merz, 69, has promised to crack down on migrants ...

with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory. Exit polls also indicate that Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading for the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II.

BERLIN — Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich ... right party since World War II. The campaign was dominated by worries about large-scale migration, with Merz also vowing ...