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
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Election Candidates
Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...
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Germany's opposition leader Merz under fire for vowing migration crackdown
Germany's opposition leader Friedrich Merz is under fire for ... The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Thursday presented a five-point migration plan calling for, among other ...
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Germany: Merz meets resistance with risky border gambit
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls ... Merz of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Monday announced ...
Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU
Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest ...
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Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right
Image Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, in Berlin on Monday.Credit...Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Migration concerns have risen in Germany ...
Germany's Merz again rules out cooperation with the far-right AfD
Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...
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Ukraine Must Win, Regain Full Territory: Germany’s Merz
Leader and top candidate for chancellor of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during a meeting of the European People's Party (EPP) in Berlin on January 18, 2025. (Photo ...
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 ...
Germany's Merz defends disputed migration reforms despite AfD support
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...
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Germany’s far-right firewall weakens as Merz pledges migration crackdown
Friedrich Merz, favorite to be chancellor after ... years — particularly in the far right strongholds of eastern Germany. In 2020, Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the liberal ...