Merz, a man who has never ... Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, ... Tall and with a sonorous voice, the arch-conservative Merz was a perfect figure for the party in 1989 ...

Jens Spahn, the powerful parliamentary leader of Merz's centre-right, faces a reckoning over Covid-era procurement calls that ...

Tall and with a sonorous voice, ... (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to become Germany's next chancellor based on the projections of Germany's general election, held on February ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, ... Tall and with a sonorous voice, the arch-conservative Merz was a perfect figure for the party in 1989 ...

Tall and with a sonorous voice, the arch-conservative Merz was a perfect figure for the party in 1989 - when he first won elected office for the European Parliament.

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, the first time both meet since Merz was elected on 6 May.

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

Mr. Merz is a tall man. His English is excellent. He comes from the business world. He gave Mr. Trump a copy of Mr. Trump’s grandfather’s German birth certificate.

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, ... Tall and with a sonorous voice, the arch-conservative Merz was a perfect figure for the party in 1989 ...