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.

Merz has previously worked as a judge and lawyer and has served as the chairman of BlackRock Germany's supervisory board. He is seen as a center-right, pro-business politician. Friedrich Merz ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World ... He practiced law and headed the supervisory board of investment manager BlackRock's German branch. During that break, he often travelled ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role ... figure from the time before he left politics for a lucrative second career at Blackrock that made the hobby pilot ...

Coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats to form a new federal government began Thursday.

BlackRock Inc. has turned negative on euro-area bonds, pointing to the region’s pivot toward higher defense spending and the ...

Officials in Paris and Berlin are excited about the good relationship incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has with ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...

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