He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next coalition government is in place.

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential Chancellor of Germany.

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling international order and sluggish German economy face the incoming chancellor.

Friedrich Merz - leader of the Christian Democratic ... who became an MEP at the same time for the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She found the young Merz to be serious ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a memorandum dictating how to cooperate during the transition period before he took power.

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an even stronger supporter in the European Union’s largest country and

The conservative party in Germany dominated elections during the weekend, with Friedrich Merz poised to become the nation's next chancellor.