#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats and its leader-in-waiting for the last 10 weeks, failed in his first parliamentary vote to become chancellor on Tuesday morning. The setback was likely temporary: Mr. Merz’s party, its sister party, the Christian Social Union,…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Exactly six months after Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition imploded, Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, will be sworn in as Germany’s next chancellor on Tuesday. The swearing-in comes after less than two months of negotiation between the Christian Democratic Union, or C.D.U., which…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the party was “ready for political change” and posted a group picture of the likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with five…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector. And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those problems at once….
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines He enjoyed a steady rise there, notably popularizing the concept of Leitkultur, a set of norms to which every immigrant should submit. But the top prize was blocked by his longstanding rival, Angela Merkel. After losing the leadership to her in a bitter…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The hard-right Alternative for Germany might not have done as well in Sunday’s election as its leaders had hoped, but its groundbreaking performance was enough for a congratulatory phone call from Elon Musk. Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the party, known by…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany is getting a new chancellor. Its current leader is heading out of power, but his party probably will stick around in a diminished capacity. And the Trump administration’s efforts to influence the vote don’t seem to have done much. Sunday’s election, which…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germans voted for a change of leadership on Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservatives, with the far right in second, and rebuking the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Early returns and…
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz, the man favored to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections on Sunday, is a conservative businessman who has never been a government minister and was forced out of party leadership years ago for challenging Angela Merkel. As a Christian Democrat and…
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