Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...
Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.
If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...
Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.
As Germany’s economic miracle unravels, its dark past is coming back to haunt it
Having established a clear lead over both the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, this motley movement of ...
Conservative leads German election race in shadow of far right
The AfD has drawn support as a spate of deadly attacks has inflamed the immigration debate. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Merkel ‘could not remain silent’ as she jabs Merz again over far-right AfD vote
Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...
She has never been very smart: Merkel gave out another banality — Pushkov
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued another platitude, calling for Russia's victory in the Ukrainian conflict to be ...
"Time will tell": the Germans have radically changed their attitude towards Merkel
The opinion of German citizens about ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has deteriorated markedly since the end of her reign, ...
Friedrich Merz: The German leader trying to bury Angela Merkel’s legacy - analysis
Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...
Merkel criticises leader of her own party for cooperating with German far right
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control with the ...
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Germany’s Merkel blasts CDU leader for cooperating with far-right AfD
Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right CDU, relied on support from AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration.