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What to Watch as Germany Heads to the Polls
And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...
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US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution backing Kyiv; Kremlin backs Trump in spat with Zelensky
The US was refusing to co-sponsor a draft UN resolution marking three years since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that backs Kyiv’s territorial integrity and again demands Russia withdraw its troops, ...
Friedrich Merz targeted by pro-Russian disinformation before German vote, researchers say
A network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of Germany's election campaign, ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz ... Protestant – rather than Catholic – background and centrist leanings. The pair’s rivalry became more apparent in 2002, when Merz was pushed aside as leader of the ...
Hindustan Times5d
Friedrich Merz: conservative on verge of German chancellery
A long-time CDU party rival of centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel, Merz has attacked her open-door migrant policy and drawn her ire for accepting support from the far-right AfD on the flashpoint ...
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Friedrich Merz Leads Chancellor Race — Germany’s Approach to Crypto and Financial Innovation To Evolve
Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU, is the frontrunner in Germany’s federal election. Alice Weidel’s AfD trails behind but has ...
Yahoo News Canada5d
Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran ... with a Protestant – rather than Catholic – background and centrist leanings. The pair’s rivalry became more apparent in 2002, when Merz was pushed aside as ...