Both suggested Europe is prepared to take countermeasures. “Tariffs are certainly an instrument,” said Merz, harking back to 2018, when the then-president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the left-leaning SPD and his main rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CSU/CDU bloc have presented competing visions for the country's future. The center ...

Merz distances himself from far right during DW interview "The AfD wants to destroy the CDU. You can't seriously believe that I would have talks with those who openly declare that they want to ...

Mr Merz insists that Germany has no choice but to change. “The business model of this country is gone,” he states bluntly. His response begins with a war on red tape in Brussels and Berlin.

According to the survey, Scholz also came across as more credible (42%) and likeable (46%) to viewers. Merz came across as credible to 31% of those surveyed and likeable to 27% of viewers. The two ...

He joined the publication on the crime beat. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Andrea Mitchell is stepping away from her MSNBC anchor chair on Friday, Feb. 7, after nearly 17 years at the desk.

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday clashed with opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a heated debate, accusing him of accepting favours from the far-right AfD party. Merz’s conservative ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, suffered a major political defeat on Friday as his controversial immigration bill backed by the far right was ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also wants to cut taxes and deregulate the economy. And if the predictions hold true, he will soon be Germany’s new chancellor. Then again, and ...

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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 ...