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Germany's secret pandemic report: Merkel and China respond
According to media reports, the German foreign intelligence service, the BND, suspected as early as 2020 that the Covid-19 ...
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel urges European unity
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...
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Only the CDU Can Save Germany
Elon Musk says only the AfD can save Germany. Mr. Musk is right that Germany is facing an existential crisis. But the party ...
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Can Germany’s new leader fend off the far right?
Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin.” ...
Germany Election Results: Center-Right Leader Declares Victory—And Elon Musk-Boosted AfD Celebrates
Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.
The Man Who Would Remake Europe
Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...
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Friedrich Merz set to be Chancellor as CDU/CSU win majority
The CDU/CSU alliance had been projected to win a plurality of the popular vote, and thus the most seats, for an uninterrupted period beginning in mid-2022. Olaf Scholz’ governing Social Democratic ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor?
When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the Chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.
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Berlin’s Anti-AfD ‘Firewall’ Will Collapse
CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...
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Friedrich Merz set to be Germany’s next chancellor after CDU’s election victory
The 69-year-old will be the oldest chancellor since Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the new Federal Republic of Germany, who took office in 1949 at the age of 73 ...