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 exhilarating. And yet his explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the support of far-right votes in parliament reveals a man willing to gamble by breaking a major taboo.
Who is Friedrich Merz, the CDU candidate for German chancellor?
Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is the front-runner in the country's election campaign, with his center-right Union bloc leading polls. The 69-year-old became leader of the Christian Democratic Union after Chancellor Angela Merkel stepped down in 2021,
In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz? Germany’s likely next ChancellorFriedrich Merz is the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor. At 69, he leads the CDU in a more conservative direction—marking a sharp shift from Angela Merkel’s legacy. Merz’s CDU is now ...
Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...
Germans will head to the polls on Sunday to choose their next chancellor. The man favored to clinch the election is Friedrich ...
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