The conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group of Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz intends to propose experienced politician Julia Klöckner to be the next Bundestag president later ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option for forming a government amid a fragmented political landscape.

Some CDU politicians are considering the resumption of Russian gas imports once the war concludes. These suggestions have ...

A "historically unique" state leader, as former CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel called him. Vogel not only served as a state premier for the longest time in German history, he was the only person to ...

Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel. Friedrich Merz's stance on migration In January, Ms Merkel ...

However, with Merz’s attempts to move the CDU further to the right than it was under Merkel’s leadership, the two parties could clash on issues such as immigration and welfare spending.

Friedrich Merz had to wait a long time for the electoral victory he achieved on Sunday. Twenty-five years ago, he was considered one of the leading candidates to head the conservative Christian ...

The parties have been in government together before — most recently under Chancellor Angela Merkel until 2021. So, they have a lot of common ground, but there are also major differences. Here's where ...

Merz’s draft legislation, however, raised the ire of former Chancellor and CDU leader Angela Merkel, who intervened. Now retired from politics, Merkel is a scorched-earth, never-AfD hardliner ...

Friedrich Merz from the opposition CDU is on track to be Germany’s next ... Merz – a longtime party rival of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel – has vowed to crack down on irregular immigration ...

But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU lost the 2002 election, replaced him as parliamentary leader as well. "He embodied the more traditional ...