The results almost certainly mean the country’s next chancellor will be Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats. Returns posted early Monday morning indicated that he had a path to ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democrats, has vowed to bring stronger leadership to Europe, where the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety. By Steven Erlanger and ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and election front-runner has waited a long time to reach this point - one step away from the German chancellorship.

BERLIN – Mr Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s most American chancellor. Never in history has a German head of government had more affinity for the United States. Merz has traveled to the U.S.

In the lead, polls currently suggest, is the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) bloc, led by Friedrich Merz. He is the favourite to become Chancellor. Mr Merz is ...

And it won’t come from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. It will come from her own supposed party ally, Germany’s expected chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz. The 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic ...

But party leader Friedrich Merz has left the door open to reform the debt brake without spelling out how. The CDU advocates stricter border controls, faster asylum processing, and deportation for ...

A final poll ahead of tomorrow's German election has predicted that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will see a major increase in votes, but not enough to overtake Friedrich Merz ...

Germany's election results signal a political shift, with the CDU/CSU bloc winning and Friedrich Merz poised to lead. The far-right AfD secured its best result, while the SPD suffered a historic ...

Luge — Season complete. Next World Cup season expected to begin in Igls, Austria, on Dec. 5-7. Skeleton — Day 1 of men’s and women’s world championships at Lake Placid, New York, on March 6. Bobsled — ...

WADA commissioned what it said was an independent investigation that found the agency acted “reasonably,” but critics say the investigation by a lawyer chosen by the agency was flawed. WADA also ...