Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...
German election: Scholz, Merz vow not to work with far right
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich ...
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...
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Germany’s “business model is gone”, warns Friedrich Merz
Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...
Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...
Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important
The frontrunner in the race to run Germany is Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats (CDU) are up to 10 points ahead in ...
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Merz’s Botched Flirtation With Far Right Shakes German Election
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the Bundestag.
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The US is ‘no longer the America we used to know,’ warns Germany’s Merz
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next leader, is “highly concerned” about recent developments in the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency. The German chancellor ...