This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Election campaign posters showing German Social Democratic Party, SPD, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, top, and his challenger ...

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for Germany’s next chancellor, has said that Europe must be united in foreign, security ...

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for Germany’s next chancellor, has raised concerns over Elon Musk’s relentless ...

The anti-immigrant and far-right Alternative for Germany party has established itself as a significant political force in the ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...