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.
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After FOX Retirement Update, Terry Bradshaw Confirms Major Regret Over Not Playing for 136-YO B1G Football Program
"I never thought I’d live this long." Terry Bradshaw once said those words with a laugh, but deep down, there was truth to ...
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Could Angela Merkel’s return to public life swing the German election?
As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...
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 ...
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Germany's Merkel raises eyebrows with halting Merz endorsement
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy ...
Front-runner Friedrich Merz's botched flirtation with far right shakes German election
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the ...
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Merkel criticizes leader of her own party for cooperating with German far right
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...
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German parliament expected to vote on migration bill that could pass with far-right support
Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a ...
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Austria’s Kurz blames Merkel for far-right AfD rise in Germany
The former Austrian chancellor told German tabloid Bild in comments published Friday morning that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-border policies were a direct catalyst for the rise of ...
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Angela Merkel's fury as her own party teams up with 'far-right' AfD to tackle migration crisis SHE caused by flinging Germany's doors open
Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...
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Angela Merkel: News and updates on the former Chancellor of Germany
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg on Friday night, killing nine-year-old André Gleißner and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.
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Book Review: Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021
But even now, some three years after Merkel’s retirement, it is still not clear that Germany has the full measure of the challenge. Under Merkel’s watch, Germany became even more reliant on Russian ...