Friedrich Merz

Campaign volunteers attacked in Berlin weeks before German election
Campaign volunteers have been attacked in separate incidents in Berlin, less than three weeks before Germany heads to the polls.Two men distributing flyers for the Greens were attacked in...

German conservative leader met by angry protests on campaign trail
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Conservative Merz vows to ‘lead Germany forward’ amid huge backlash
Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday he is ready to "lead Germany forward" as his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) assembled in Berlin...

Around 160,000 protest against far-right in Berlin
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a breach of a taboo in post-war German politics.The protests came after...

Thousands demonstrate in Baden-Württemberg against AfD-backed vote
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Thousands protest controversial migration vote in Germany’s Leipzig
Thousands of people protested in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Thursday after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) helped to pass a controversial motion in the German...

AfD’s Weidel hails ‘great day for democracy’ in Germany after vote
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), has celebrated the Bundestag vote in favour of more rejections at Germany's borders as a "great day for democracy."It...

German Christians slam conservative cooperation with far-right AfD
Germany's two largest Christian churches have jointly denounced opposition leader Friedrich Merz's plans to pass motions on migration policy in the German parliament with the help of the far-right...

Tens of thousands protest in Berlin as far right’s influence grows
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