Anwalt, Fraktionschef, Parteichef: Friedrich Merz dürfte bald neuer Bundeskanzler werden. Er blickt auf eine lange Karriere zurück.

Friedrich Merz dürfte der nächste Bundeskanzler von Deutschland sein. Damit rückt auch seine Familie stärker ins Rampenlicht.

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

“Friedrich Merz is perhaps the most international chancellor Germany ... As a politician, Merz has always championed conservative values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician ... Merz was born in 1955 into a conservative, Catholic family in the North Rhine-Westphalia town of Brilon, in central Germany, and ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World ... Merz has always championed conservative values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife Charlotte, who is now a judge ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative ... Merz comes from a conservative Catholic family in western Germany’s rural Sauerland region. He joined the CDU’s youth ...

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