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German far right may benefit most from Merz’s self-inflicted wound
Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.
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Germany's Merz faces backlash after vote
Last week, the CDU broke the mainstream parties' so-called firewall of noncooperation with the far-right Alternative for ...
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Why Friedrich Merz is losing his war on migration
On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...
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 ...
Frontrunner for German Chancellor vows stricter immigration policies – but says he won’t work with the far-right
As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...
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Cracks in the ‘firewall’ upend German campaign
Germany's Merz faced a firestorm over the weekend after he broke a longstanding taboo for dealing with the far right ...