Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz, German opposition leader and chairman of the CDU party, speaks at the Global Leaders Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

DAVOS – German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, the front runner in polls ... Union partner France but also with Poland and Italy, led by far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni.

A partner of Italy’s coalition government on Tuesday ... "The mobilization of FI members and activists has begun to support Friedrich Merz and our friends from the CDU-CSU for the common values ...

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls ... partner France but also with Poland and Italy, led by far-right premier Giorgia ...

Foreign investors have persuaded themselves that Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrat leader ... Hitler came out of the anti-capitalist political Left, as did Mussolini in Italy, and Oswald Mosley ...

But this new approach does not so much stem from 69-year-old likely CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz as from ... can impact the whole of Europe. Merz’s future foreign policy strategy is likely to ...

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz has vowed a bold return to ...

"Italy's economic stability today is very fragile ... Germans will head to the polls in a general election on February 23. Conservative Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become the next ...

After years in which Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election ...

It remains uncertain what kind of government the opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, will form ... Trump's election as President of the United States, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is ...

They have been structural: power in the EU is shifting away from Paris and Berlin and towards Poland and Italy. The bilateral ... of Christian democrat Friedrich Merz as the next chancellor ...