German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to roll out the red carpet for French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin Wednesday ...

Russia accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday of pursuing a path of "militarisation" and said this was a cause ...

Under the new German chancellor, personal relations between the leaders are warmer, but a series of intractable divisions ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz suggested he’s a shoo-in to win Germany’s election on Sunday, telling Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz to his face that he’ll need a miracle to ...

German Christian Democratic Union Chairman Friedrich Merz secured the conservative candidacy to challenge Olaf Scholz for the chancellorship, clearing a field of rivals just over a year before the ...

The standoff between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz endured on Saturday, after the collapse of Scholz's three-party coalition this week. Senior Social Democrat ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same cabinet, whatever the outcome of Sunday’s election.

This includes Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance (leading with 29% support), Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (16%), and the Greens led by Economy Minister Robert Habeck (12%).

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich Merz has done. DW has more.Two weeks out from the federal election ...