Ursula von der Leyen is about to face the most serious challenge to her leadership since she became European Commission ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

German nationals are heading to the ballots on February 23, with the country's current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, down in ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

Germany will go to the polls on Sunday, February 23 after a snap election was called in December following the collapse of ...

In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...

In the wake of Trump’s victory—and his administration’s transformation from staunch ally to sneering adversary—Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany's chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

BERLIN — Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

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