A storied beer mat once used by German conservative leader Friedrich Merz to outline his proposals for a streamlined tax ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

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

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

Angela Rayner has unleashed a new raid on Brits' pockets with millions of people to be hit by council tax rises up to 10%. Six struggling councils, which together serve more than two million ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has agreed to allow massive above-inflation council tax hikes for local authorities across the country. Most councils will be allowed to increase the tax paid ...

The former Austrian chancellor told German tabloid Bild in comments published Friday morning that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-border policies were a direct catalyst for the rise of ...

A Lake Geneva man is now charged in the death of an 8-year-old boy in the Town of Geneva. Steven Merkel faces a single count of first-degree reckless homicide. When police arrived, Merkel told ...