Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term of chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th ... killed two people in a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month. He brought a nonbinding motion before the parliament ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post ... two people in a knife attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month. He brought a nonbinding motion ...