Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces economic and diplomatic crises.

Otto Bovensiepen, 61, whom a Danish court sentenced to death in 1951 for his war crimes in that country during the German occupation, was arrested at Muelheim, West Germany, today, and turned over ...

Germany’s conservative CDU has won the most votes, with party leader Friedrich Merz signalling he hopes to ... parliamentary term of 1957 to 1961 when the CDU/CSU won elections in West Germany.

leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party. Polls show the CDU enjoying a comfortable lead, with 28% support. Merz voted Sunday in Arnsberg in western Germany, just minutes after ...

members of the diplomatic corps and a group of Jewish leaders to pay tribute to Belsen’s Jewish dead. It was the first visit of any high West German official to the place since former President ...