Friedrich Merz Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Merkel, Germany

Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.

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Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules that only passed with the help of a far-right party.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Merkel Criticises Leader of Her CDU Party for Cooperating With German Far-Right

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for drawing on support from the far-right to pass a motion in parliament, in a statement on Thursday.

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Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU

Protesters in Berlin gathered outside CDU headquarters.Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Germany on Thursday to protest ...

Merkel criticizes leader of her own party for cooperating with German far right

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far Right

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...

Christian Democrats leader Merz tears down the “firewall” to the far-right Alternative for Germany

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...

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Austria’s Kurz blames Merkel for far-right AfD rise in Germany

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

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Germany's opposition leader Merz vows to push asylum law change through parliament

Friedrich Merz, the country's favourite to become next chancellor, will bring his proposals to parliament even if it means ...

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Germany’s Christian Democrats unite with far-right AfD against refugees

For the first time in the 75-year post-war history of the German parliament, one of the major parliamentary groups has made ...

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Germany's Merz says EU needs united response to Trump

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling ...

PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Election Candidates

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

Germany's Merz again rules out cooperation with the far-right AfD

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

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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 ...

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