Who Is Friedrich Merz, and Can He Fix Germany?
The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...
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Germany’s “business model is gone”, warns Friedrich Merz
Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...
The Economist1d
Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?
This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...
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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, ...
The Washington Post4d
History won’t repeat itself in Germany. But it might rhyme.
Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union candidate for chancellor, speaks at a campaign event in Stromberg, Germany, on Friday. (Thomas Frey/DPA/AP) BERLIN — Angst (a German word ...
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz Warns: ‘America Is No Longer What It Used to Be’
Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...
Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...
The Irish Times6d
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The lanky, bespectacled lawyer will turn 70 in November.
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Viewers surveyed thought Scholz won debate against rival Merz
Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the ...