German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a swipe at Elon Musk over his political judgement, escalating a spat between the German ...

Berlin (AFP) – German opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... to migrants to her insistence on maintaining dialogue with Russia. Merz is a pro-business economic liberal, who published a book ...

Germany’s largest opposition party is heavily favoured to form a government after snap elections slated for February 2025.

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Germany's embattled centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz traded angry blows with his top rival ahead of a parliament vote ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday, spelling the effective end of his troubled government and ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday that he was expected to lose, paving the ...