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Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...
Germany's Merz says ban on far-right AfD won't solve problem
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...
Merz’s stumble casts shadow over hopes for rebooting Germany’s struggling economy
Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...
Merz Falls Short of Majority in Initial German Parliament Vote
Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered an embarrassing setback when he fell short of a majority in an initial ...
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Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany New Chancellor
Friedrich Merz walks in the plenary after he was not elected new Chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament ...
"We don't want to!" — the Polish diplomat criticized the future Chancellor Merz
Polish Ambassador to Berlin Jan Tombinski criticized the plan of the future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding border ...