6 hours ago · BERLIN – Welcome to Friedrich Merz’s nightmare. ... ECHR condemns Italy for dumping toxic waste in ‘land of fires’ 31-01-2025 Czechia unhappy with EU automotive talks . 31-01-2025 ...

1 day ago · Germany’s center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, into government after Wednesday’s events. He insists that he didn’t and won’t work with it, and that he didn’t break a political consensus, often called ...

Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef "Friedrich" Merz (German:; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician [1] [2] who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31 January 2022 and led the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as well as been Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since 15 February 2022. [3] [failed verification] In September 2024, Merz became the Union ...

1 day ago · The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's so-called five-point migration plan — which promised a dramatic tightening of the country's migration and asylum law — through parliament. MPs ...

2 days ago · Merz’s willingness to accept far-right support is hugely significant weeks ahead of a national election because Germany’s mainstream political parties have long sought to maintain a Brandmauer, or “firewall,” around the AfD — refusing even to pass legislation with help from the party.. Merz’s change of tack to accept such support is part of a …

1 day ago · Friedrich Merz, Germany’s probable next chancellor, takes a huge bet and triggers uproar . Photograph: AFP. ... The pope and Italy’s prime minister tussle over Donald Trump.

19 hours ago · Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament. Updated January 30, 2025 at 1:25 ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving the country away from its Europe-first approach and towards new intergovernmental alliances.

3 days ago · The opening by Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, who leads in the polls for the chancellor election next month, came after a knife attack last week in Bavaria by ...

Sep 17, 2024 · BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union announced Tuesday that it has chosen its leader, Friedrich Merz, to be its candidate for chancellor in next year’s national election.