The Economist2d
Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?
This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...
Olaf Scholz says EU can act 'in an hour' if Donald Trump imposes tariffs on bloc
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre left, and Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor, before a TV election debate in Berlin, 9 February, 2025 ...
Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...
Washington Times13d
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 ...
Washington Times12d
Front-runner in German election says his party will ‘never’ work with the far right
Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s Union bloc has been leading polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election. But he drew protests after he put a motion to parliament last week calling for ...
Politico Europe6d
Merz and Scholz clash on migration, economy and Trump: ‘How dumb can somebody be?’
BERLIN — With just two weeks until Germany heads to the polls, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz tore into each other over migration, the economy and how to ...