Einst war er selbst Spitzenpolitiker der CDU, jetzt übt Christian Wulff Kritik am Wahlkampf der Partei. Er spricht von "große Fehlern".

Ein Sauerländer im Kanzleramt? Bald könnte es so weit sein. Mit CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz würde ein Mann Regierungschef, dessen Weltbild stark von seiner Heimat geprägt ist. Eine Spurensuche in der Prov ...

Berlin. Kaum hat er die Wahl gewonnen, wird Unionskanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz deutlich freundlicher zur SPD. Selbst in der Frage des Geldes. Das geht allerdings auch nicht anders, denn bis Ostern s ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader BERLIN -- ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democrats, has vowed to bring stronger leadership to Europe, where the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety. By Steven Erlanger and ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe, will be Germany’s next leader. The hard-right AfD ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is set to become the country’s next chancellor after emerging as winner in ...