Friedrich Merz dürfte der nächste Bundeskanzler von Deutschland sein. Damit rückt auch seine Familie stärker ins Rampenlicht.

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s ... As a politician, Merz has always championed conservative values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife Charlotte, ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World ... Merz has always championed conservative values and stressed the importance of family. He met his wife Charlotte, who is now a judge ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician ... Merz was born in 1955 into a conservative, Catholic family in the North Rhine-Westphalia town of Brilon, in central Germany, and ...

Hailing from Sauerland, a traditionally Catholic and socially conservative region in western Germany, Friedrich Merz has long embodied the values of pre-reunification West Germany—strong transatlantic ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...