Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

At six foot six tall, Merz stands out in a crowd and is a licenced pilot who sometimes flies his own private jet. A Roman Catholic, he has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz ...

His father served as a local judge, as does Friedrich Merz's wife Charlotte to this day. The younger Merz joined the CDU while still at school. In an interview 25 years ago with the German ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is the favorite to become the country’s next chancellor in the federal ...

Friedrich Merz, the man expected to become Germany's next ... A Roman Catholic, he has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz, a judge, with whom he has three adult children. He was ...