German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become the next chancellor, has called for stronger security measures after a car ploughed into a trade union rally in Munich, injuring ...

The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the left-leaning SPD and his main rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CSU/CDU bloc ...