Chancellor hopeful Merz open to reform of Germany's debt brake
The CDU leader said that Germany may need to loosen its debt limit to finance defence spending, although other solutions ...
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The US is ‘no longer the America we used to know,’ warns Germany’s Merz
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next leader, is “highly concerned” about recent developments in the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency. The German chancellor ...
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Germany's Scholz, Merz clash over far-right AfD in election debate
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support ...
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Merz’s Botched Flirtation With Far Right Shakes German Election
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the Bundestag.
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Merz mit neuem AfD-Schwur – dann kommt es zum Zwischenfall in der Halle
Friedrich Merz mit einem klaren Bekenntnis: Nein zur AfD! Doch kann er nach seinem Wortbruch im Bundestag neues Vertrauen zurückgewinnen? Auch vor dem CDU-Parteitag am Montag (3. Februar ...