The 69-year-old CDU candidate is set to become chancellor at a time when Germany is going through a deep economic, security and identity crisis.
Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor ... It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his ...
Watch the trailer for 'Merkel,' a documentary about Germany's historic chancellor, Angela Merkel, who ruled for 16 years.
Friedrich Merz is on the brink of achieving a long-held goal of becoming Germany's next chancellor after initial results showed his conservative CDU/CSU bloc winning parliamentary elections on Sunday.