Feb 23, 2025 · BERLIN — Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on U.S. President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the United States to the past.

Feb 23, 2025 · The results from Germany’s most consequential election in a generation are still coming in, but Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU is projected to win the biggest share of the vote and the most seats in the new Bundestag.

Feb 24, 2025 · Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving former lawyer but he may clash with President Donald Trump, as...

Feb 27, 2025 · Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Feb 24, 2025 · The German sense of deep domestic insecurity prompted Friedrich Merz to suggest last week that he'd look to France and Britain to form a European nuclear umbrella, to replace US nuclear...

Feb 5, 2025 · Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next leader, is “highly concerned” about recent developments in the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency.

Feb 24, 2025 · Germany's incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said an "absolute priority" for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S. following comments by President Donald Trump.

Jan 2, 2025 · The German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is in pole position to become the country’s next chancellor, has said the EU should make a fresh attempt at a sweeping free trade deal with...

Nov 10, 2024 · (Bloomberg) -- German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who’s dominating polls ahead of an expected snap election, said he would look to ink deals with incoming US President Donald Trump to ...

Feb 24, 2025 · US President Donald Trump congratulated Friedrich Merz on his party's parliamentary election win, highlighting the German voters' frustration with the previous agenda on energy and...