Speaking to CNN in Berlin following his Christian Democratic Party’s (CDU) convention, Friedrich Merz said he would “control [Germany’s] borders and return those who are coming without ...

Friedrich Merz , chairman of the conservative Chistian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...