Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the ...

A win would give Friedrich Merz the daunting task of rebuilding a German economy that hasn’t grown since 2019—and establish ...

The Schuldenbremse was enshrined in the German constitution in 2009 by then chancellor Angela Merkel — a CDU politician — in ...

EADaily, November 12th, 2024. There are no smart or even sane people left among European politicians. With such leaders, ...

A group of German lawmakers, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has proposed legislation to legalize abortions during the ...

The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz said he could be open to reforming the debt ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said further discussions on policy ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early ...

The collapse of Germany’s ’traffic light’ coalition government headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown the focus on ...

Our recent notes pre-figured trouble in Berlin, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally exhausted the Chancellor ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who’s dominating polls ahead of an expected snap election, said he would look to ink ...