The 69-year-old head of the center-right Union bloc, which won the country’s national election with 28.6 percent of the votes, has by far the best chance of forming a new government.

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Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become Germany's next chancellor. The 69-year-old opposition leader of the center-right Union ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz takes swipe at Trump and calls for ‘independence from the USA’ - Germany’s likely next chancellor ...

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said Sunday that Europe must boost its own ...