Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

If all goes to plan, Friedrich Merz is due to become the Federal Republic's tenth chancellor on May 6. The two remaining hurdles appear to be formalities: On Monday, his conservative Christian ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term of chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...

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Germany's economy faces stagnation in 2025. The government forecasts zero growth, down from earlier predictions. Donald Trump ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

While Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is already plagued by criticism and sinking poll numbers at home, his EU partners are eagerly awaiting him on the Brussels scene. They expect ...