Germany's presumptive next leader Friedrich Merz has an "absolute will to power," former chancellor Angela Merkel said on ...

The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left ...