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 ...
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 ...
German chancellor-hopeful Merz to meet Vance in Munich
German opposition leader and chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance for ...
The Economist3d
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 ...
Yahoo4d
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 ...
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 Merz, the opposition leader and front-runner, accused Scholz of leaving ...
Washington Times12d
Protesters rally against German party leader who pushed migration proposal backed by far-right
Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...