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 ...
Germany's Friedrich Merz calls for permanent border controls after knife attack
Friedrich Merz, currently leading in polls to become German chancellor, said Thursday if elected he will impose strict border controls.
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Germany's Merz says EU needs united response to Trump
Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling ...
Christian Democrats leader Merz tears down the “firewall” to the far-right Alternative for Germany
On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...
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Germany's Friedrich Merz calls for permanent border controls after knife attack
Friedrich Merz, currently leading in polls to become German chancellor, said Thursday if elected he will impose strict border controls. Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union Party ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...