Here’s hoping the next German chancellor can handle enmity from a Trump-Putin entente
Leadership from Berlin will be essential to safeguard Europe against Russia and ward off election interference from America.
Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election
The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed ...
German election winner vows ‘real independence’ from US
Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, who finished first in Sunday’s election, has vowed ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet the conservative leader taking the reins of the German chancellery
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government ... with which Paris was awaiting Merz's arrival. Last weekend's Munich Security Conference saw him doing the rounds of European leaders ...
Germany to move toward 'independence' from US, new leader says
Friedrich Merz's CDU party emerged as the largest party in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, earning 28.6% of the vote.
Antimerkel: Friedrich Merz and his association with the "AdG" involuntarily
The victory in the general elections in Germany was expected to be won by the CDU/CSU bloc. He will be asked to form a new ...
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Where Germany Goes From Here
Friedrich Merz, whose Christian Democrats won a comfortable ... Yet the confrontational approach of Trump’s lieutenants at the recent Munich Security Conference—in which they lauded praise ...
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The Brief – What Macron can teach Merz about the far right
Far-right parties have become leading opposition forces in both Germany and France, and they believe they hold the democratic future of these countries in their hands.