Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...
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Friedrich Merz gives women voters the ick
In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...
Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.
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, ...
Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz face off in final debate ahead of German election
Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.
Germany’s Would-Be Chancellor Tries to Get Back on Cruise Control
Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...
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Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
His father served as a local judge, as does Friedrich Merz's wife Charlotte to this day. The younger Merz joined the CDU while still at school. In an interview 25 years ago with the German ...