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Who Is Friedrich Merz? Germany's Likely Next Chancellor
The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany’s top job after election?
He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...
German election winner Merz and center-left rivals start sounding out a possible coalition
Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...
Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult
Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany's top job after election?
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - The top candidate for Chancellor, Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), right, and Bavaria Governor Markus Soeder wave to supporters at a ...
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Germany Elections: Friedrich Merz Likely Next Chancellor While AfD Makes Historic Gains
Exit polls in Germany show that the country's conservative union of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union ...
Far-right AfD surge is warning for Germany's other parties, says winner Merz
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
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Can Friedrich Merz fix Germany?
Sunday’s federal election in Germany was historic for more than one reason. After the collapse of the so-called ‘traffic ...
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Germany’s Merz faces tough talks to build government
Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz yesterday vowed to get to work on the arduous task of building a new ...