Germany's Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz hold rallies in final days ahead of federal election
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Will Friedrich Merz be Germany’s next chancellor?
Come Sunday (February 23), will the voting gods smile on Friedrich Merz? The leader of the Christian Democratic Union is the ...
The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU
When Donald Trump won the US election in November, Germany’s government imploded. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance ...
Who is Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor?
The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap ...
A look back at Germany's lightning election campaign
Triggered after the breakdown of the coalition led by Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the campaign for the February ...
Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz face off in final debate ahead of German election
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. Is French President Emmanuel Macron’s ...
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Germany on eve of elections under shadow of US-European rift
Sunday's vote is being held more than half a year ahead of schedule after centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way ...
Germany's election will usher in new leadership — but might not turn tides for the country's struggling economy
Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...
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Friedrich Merz and his long march to the brink of the German chancellery
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic ...
Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to an assertive Trump
German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.