Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.
If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...
Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election. Here's what to know
BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is ...
The Daily Telegraph5d
Horst Köhler, IMF head later hounded out of the German presidency for ‘gunboat diplomacy’
Elected president in 2004, with the support of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic ... of contradicting the constitution, which forbids Germany from going to war alone. In vain did he protest ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2d
Jewish leaders concerned after Germany’s far-right AfD party makes gains in local elections
(JTA) — Jewish leaders expressed concern after the far-right Alternative for Germany party ... part by popular anger at former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal policy towards accepting ...
BBC6d
Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
He is the man tipped to be Germany's next leader ... party's more centrist stance under his former party rival Angela Merkel. Although Merz ultimately failed to change the law, he had launched ...
Who Is Friedrich Merz, and Can He Fix Germany?
The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...