As Angela Merkel identified way back in 2013 when Britain was still a member of the EU, the problem was European wide. Europe simply wasn’t generating enough wealth to pay for its bloated welfare ...

“I think we need to listen to the United States and listen to what their concerns are, and say, ‘how can we also help them deal with their concerns,’” she said, speaking during a discussion alongside ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined thousands who marched to condemn the terrorist attacks in Paris, promote tolerance and send a rebuke to a growing anti-Islamic movement today. The chancellor ...

It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his party twice. He left politics altogether for two decades ...

Angela Merkel’s rival Mr Merz was marked by his time in America working for BlackRock. CDU insiders describe him as a tough, stern leader who has imported American-style management into the party.

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a lawyer by profession, who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics ...

(AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democrats Union party (CDU), cheer after Merz’s speech to the delegates of the CDU party ...

It also marked yet another clear break from the CDU's more centrist stance under his former party rival Angela Merkel. Although Merz ultimately failed to change the law, he had launched a ...

Merz lost out in a power struggle against former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who took over the CDU leadership in 2002 as the party struggled to rebuild after Helmut Kohl’s chancellorship. Merkel went on ...

1. He’s taking his party further to the right The first thing you need to know about Merz is that he and former chancellor Angela Merkel were longstanding rivals and sparring partners.

Who is Merz and what is he like? With Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, we had figures who seemed somewhat wooden in public, but perhaps were more dynamic in person. How does Merz differ? Friedrich ...