Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

Who Is Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Chancellor?
May 6, 2025
Before he returned to politics, won a national election and became the first would-be chancellor in modern German history to fail to win the job on the first ballot...
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Leader, Leaps Into a World of Crises
May 6, 2025
Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion...
What to Know About Germany’s New Government
May 6, 2025
Exactly six months after Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition imploded, Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, will be sworn in as Germany’s next chancellor on Tuesday.The swearing-in comes after less...