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 ...
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...
German election: Scholz, Merz vow not to work with far right
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich ...
Olaf Scholz says EU can act 'in an hour' if Donald Trump imposes tariffs on bloc
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre left, and Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor, before a TV election debate in ...
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Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
There is some scepticism that the teenage Merz was much of a rabble-rouser. A former classmate recalled that the young Friedrich's disruptive behaviour more often amounted to simply wanting "the ...
Munich Sees Largest-Ever Rally Against Anti-Immigration AfD Party
With German elections just weeks away, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to denounce the far-right.
German elections and why this vote is important
German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats.
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The German election party pledges that families should know about
Whether parental leave, benefits or childcare, the next German government will have a big impact on family life. Here's what ...
In search of economic boost, some African countries send workers abroad
They line up by the hundreds to meet recruiters at schools in provincial towns and convention halls in large cities, some ...