CDU and SPD start talks in bid to form next German government
Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
German election winner Merz, rivals start sounding out possible coalition
Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats started ...
Fact check: No, Merz didn't promise to close the border
AfD leader Alice Weidel accuses Germany's likely future chancellor Friedrich Merz of "election fraud." She says Merz promised to "close the borders" but did the opposite. Is that true?
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Europe Gears Up for Giant Defense Spending Increase
The hundreds of billions of euros figures kicking around are between one-third and four-fifths of the entire United States ...
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 ...
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The post-WWII system is dead. Germany’s rightward lurch confirms it
Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...
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The Soapbox: Center-right chancellor elected in Germany, ceasefire deal in Israel, Molotov cocktails in France
In Germany, center-right wins election German opposition leader Friedrich Merz is set to be the country’s next chancellor ...
Cleveland Jewish News5h
How Germany’s new leader can make history
Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.
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To Defeat the Far Right, We Must Adopt an Anti-Fascist Economic Policy
Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für ...
German poll winner Merz's abrasive style could hamper coalition building
Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...
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Germany’s Merz to start exploratory talks with Social Democrats on Friday
Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the ...
Chancellor-elect Merz invites genocide perpetrator Netanyahu to Germany
One of the first acts of Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz (Christian Democrat, CDU) after the election was to invite the right ...