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 exhilarating. And yet his explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the support of far-right votes in parliament reveals a man willing to gamble by breaking a major taboo.
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Wife of would-be German chancellor only sees him on TV or InstagramCharlotte Merz, the wife of the front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Friday she hardly sees her husband ...
In a survey out last year, women aged 14 to 29 reported significantly less support for Merz’s party than their male peers ...
Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.
Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.
Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...
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