German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...
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Germany flounders with revamping foreign policy as Trump whips up stormy seas
A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...
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Germany's conservative leader tells voters to avoid the liberal FDP
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz took aim at the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Thursday, saying that any votes ...
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German chancellor candidate Merz expresses concern over Trump's impact on US governance
Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the position of chancellor of Germany, has expressed deep concern over recent developments in ...
Friedrich Merz’s flirtation with German far right condemned by Angela Merkel
Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...
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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 ...
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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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Merkel doubles down on criticism of Merz
Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...
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Auschwitz survivor blasts Germany's Merz over far-right cooperation
Umlauf appealed in an open letter on Thursday to conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz not to align his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...