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

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

Germany is headed for elections later this month after its coalition collapse late last year. Here is a guide to the ...

But who is the old-school conservative who wants to rid his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), of former leader Angela Merkel’s centrist ... a married father-of-three, was elected ...

These days the only people who arrive on time want something from you. Punctuality is for lapdogs, underdogs, sycophants, ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have been dubbed the "Scholzomat" for his stiff personal style, but he has sought to ...

Germany is preparing for elections after its previous three-party coalition collapsed. The main political parties are aligned ...