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Germany's presumptive next leader Friedrich Merz has an "absolute will to power," former chancellor Angela Merkel said on ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined thousands who marched to condemn the terrorist attacks in Paris, promote tolerance and send a rebuke to a growing anti-Islamic movement today. The chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging Angela Merkel to causing controversy by aligning with the far right.

Joe Schatz is the deputy editor-in-chief of POLITICO. BERLIN — Angela Merkel, the former German chancellor, once said that President Donald Trump “was obsessed by the fact that, in his view ...

BERLIN - German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a ...

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics for ...