As someone born in West Germany who is openly gay and has a non-German partner, Alice Weidel is in some ways a surprising ...

who was 73 years old when he was sworn in as the first chancellor of West Germany in 1949. Merz has had two political lives: One before Angela Merkel came to power as chancellor in 2005 and the ...

TASS/. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who is running for Germany's chancellor, may become the West’s leading figure in its standoff with Russia, Oleg Bondarenko ...

As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of Germany, said in November 2024, the looming second Trump presidency “is a ...

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BERLIN — Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to restore Germany’s industrial competitiveness by putting climate policies on the back burner. Germany’s economic policies have ...

BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said Germany would spend more on defence but would not commit to a NATO ...

Elon Musk has sparked backlash in Germany after calling for the chancellor to resign and backing the AfD. The German health minister said Musk "should not interfere in our politics." It comes as right ...