At the helm is Friedrich Merz, the man slated to be the next Chancellor or leader of the government. “Let’s get the party started,” he told his supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin on Sunday ...

Just a few days after the appointment of the new government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, made his first visit to Ukraine as Foreign Minister to personally ...

However, if you think Germany will return to the Merkel era, think again. The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) bloc, Friedrich Merz, is set to take the reins ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after the country’s election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s ...

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for a press conference in ...

Friedrich Merz - leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) - is set to become Germany's next Chancellor. His party is projected to win around 28% of the vote. The question now is who he might ...

Try, try until you succeed. That is the motto that Friedrich Merz seems to have adopted and it finally worked out for him. After a day of polling — on Sunday (February 23) — Germany’s conservatives ...

HAMBURG, Germany -- Friedrich Merz is set to lead Europe's largest economy after his conservative CDU-CSU group won Germany's parliamentary election on Sunday, taking the reins at a time of ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after the country’s election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s ...

He is the President of the History Council of South Australia. Friedrich Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has captured the highest proportion of votes in Germany’s election ...