View Friedrich Merz’s Fast Facts on CNN and learn about the chancellor of Germany.

Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz bonded during an amicable White House meeting on Thursday.

Ahead of the visit, Merz sought advice from recent survivors of Trump’s new reality television format: the Oval Office endurance test. “It’s always important that you don’t talk too long ...

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

The great Friedrich Hayek tried to warn us Friedrich Von Hayek, an international economist, is interviewed on NBC television Meet the Press in Washington, Sunday, June 23, 1975.

Euronews takes a look through the top 10 photos of the day, during which CDU leader Friedrich Merz both lost and then won enough votes to be elected as German chancellor.

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in becoming Germany's new Chancellor after a defeat in the first round of voting.

Friedrich Merz becomes Germany's new chancellor after surviving historic vote failure Mr Merz has become the 10th German chancellor since the end of the Second World War.

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.