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,
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...
Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...
The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that Europe cannot rely on US President Donald Trump ...
A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign, ...
Germans are set to take to the polling stations on Sunday to decide on their next government in Sunday's federal election.
Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the strong favourite to be the next chancellor of the European giant, replacing ...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that ...
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor, said he’s open to considering common European Union ...
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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