German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

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

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

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Germany’s largest opposition party is heavily favoured to form a government after snap elections slated for February 2025.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become ... to migrants to her insistence on maintaining dialogue with Russia. Merz is a pro-business economic liberal, who published a book ...

BERLIN - Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival’s party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is getting used to being feted as Germany’s next Chancellor.