Jan 24, 2025 · Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU and candidate for German Chancellor, has announced plans to repair relations with Poland and France if he wins the upcoming election. During an event in Berlin organised by The Koerber Foundation, he proposed drafting a new German-Polish friendship treaty next year.

Dec 12, 2024 · Fresh from his trip to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, Merz told German media that Volodymyr Zelensky’s team had agreed to his proposal to create a “contact group” made up of Germany,...

Dec 30, 2024 · Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving the country away from its Europe-first approach and towards new intergovernmental alliances.

Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (German:; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022 and led the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as well as being Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since February 2022. In September 2024, he became the Union's designated candidate for Chancellor of Germany ...

Dec 10, 2024 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, a top candidate for chancellor in upcoming elections, arrived in Warsaw on Tuesday to meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Dec 10, 2024 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, a top candidate for chancellor in upcoming elections, pressed his recent proposal for a European contact group on the war in Ukraine during a visit to...

Sep 17, 2024 · BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union announced Tuesday that it has chosen its leader, Friedrich Merz, to be its candidate for chancellor in next year’s national election.

Jul 28, 2022 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw on Thursday. The two addressed tense relations between the countries.

Sep 14, 2024 · Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has sparked debate with a proposal to limit the influx of migrants through border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic.

Dec 18, 2024 · Who Is Friedrich Merz, a Leading Candidate to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor? If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union.