German Opposition Leader Merz Lambasts Scholz in Election …
1 day ago · German conservative leader Friedrich Merz launched his election bid with a stinging attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz, calling the Social Democrat a “lightweight” and accusing him of sowing ...
Will Friedrich Merz get Germany to abandon its fiscal fetish?
4 days ago · Merz, a former chair of BlackRock Germany, could establish a new special investment fund similar to a €100bn pot Scholz set up in 2022 to overhaul the German armed forces after Vladimir Putin ...
Friedrich Merz’s 25-Year Wait for German ... - BNN Bloomberg
November 07, 2024 at 12:00PM EST. (Destatis) (Bloomberg) -- Friedrich Merz has waited 25 years to become German chancellor and his best chance is now just months away. The head of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union is the clear front-runner to lead Europe’s largest economy after Olaf Scholz pulled the plug on his coalition and called for ...
Friedrich Merz:CDU leader sets sights on becoming German …
BERLIN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first ever government...
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he will run for …
Sep 17, 2024 · German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has announced he will run for chancellor in next year’s elections, saying the country’s centre-right is fully united behind his candidacy.
German conservative Merz set to run for chancellor in 2025 vote
Sep 17, 2024 · The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year's federal election, the head of Bavaria's...
Policies of German opposition chief and possible next chancellor Merz
BERLIN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's Christian Democrats, and Markus Soeder, the head of their Bavarian sister party, said on Tuesday they had agreed Merz would...
Will Friedrich Merz finally become Germany’s next chancellor?
May 12, 2024 · For years, Friedrich Merz battled pervasive doubts about his fitness to lead Germany’s main opposition party. That changed earlier this week when 1,000 Christian Democrats gathered in Berlin to...
German conservative leader announces chancellor candidacy
Sep 17, 2024 · Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), announced Tuesday that he will run as the conservative candidate for chancellor in Germany’s next federal election.
Germany’s conservatives choose the country’s probable next leader
Sep 17, 2024 · A sprightly 68-year-old private-jet-owning millionaire with multiple lives in politics, business and law, Mr Merz has shifted the CDU, the party of Angela Merkel, rightward since taking the reins...
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