Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...
4 candidates want to be Germany’s next chancellor. Who are they?
Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...
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Germany’s Merz maintains lead despite setback in latest pre-election poll
Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats polling at 27%, with far-right AfD at 20% in latest YouGov poll - Anadolu Ajansı ...
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Europe is on the brink of another financial crisis, German front-runner Merz warns
BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, told POLITICO he's "very worried" the European Union is heading ...
In federal election, Germany’s four main parties all incite anti-refugee hatred and call for greater military spending and war
The entire campaign for this month’s federal election is a repulsive spectacle. All the parties in the Bundestag (parliament) ...
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Germany’s Merz again rules out coalition with far right, but opens door to center-left parties
Germany’s likely next chancellor suggested he’d consider governing with the center left — but not the AfD or the liberals.
‘Sovereign debt crisis is coming’: Germany’s Merz, chancellor frontrunner, warns Europe
Merz did not rule out reforming Germany’s debt brake but said that structural reforms particularly in refugee and ...
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 ...
Germany: Friedrich Merz, an Atlanticist with no illusions about Trump's America
On European issues, the leader of the Christian Democrats and likely future chancellor of Germany intends to lay boundaries ...
Germany’s Merz Signals Openness to Common EU Defense Borrowing
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor, said he’s open to considering common European Union ...
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz and a bold political gamble
In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician ... he appears to have the chancellery within his grasp after the November collapse of Germany’s governing coalition – made up of ...