Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support
Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...
Merkel criticises Merz for teaming up with Germany's far-right on migration vote
The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...
Politico Europe8d
Germany’s likely next chancellor presents himself as the anti-Merkel
BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign rally in the northern ...
KHQ8d
Friedrich Merz: millionaire conservative on verge of German chancellery
Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz ... of the way by party rival Angela Merkel. He may never have held ...
Washington Times7d
Scholz’s challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
His main election challenger, Friedrich Merz ... policy” for a decade - since Angela Merkel, a chancellor from his own party and a former Merz rival, allowed large numbers of migrants into ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
AfD surge threatens to spoil party in home town of ‘Germany’s next chancellor’
Posters of Friedrich Merz ... rise in AfD voters is driven by local discontent with Mr Merz’s predecessor, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who welcomed a million asylum seekers and migrants into ...