Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have been dubbed the "Scholzomat" for his stiff personal style, but he has sought to present himself as a safe pair of hands leading a country that prizes stability.