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Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN4h
West German foothold of far-right AfD shows challenge for Merz
His grandfather came from Turkey decades ago to work in the coal mines of the western German town of Gelsenkirchen, but ...
Germany’s incoming agriculture minister sparks controversy with call for meat in all schools
Alois Rainer, a butcher by training, has vowed to reverse Green-led food policies as chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz ...
AFP on MSN1d
Will Germany's Merz try to ban the far-right AfD?
When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...
Center-left party approves German coalition deal, paving the way for Merz to be elected chancellor
Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...
Germany is in shock — and has a new ‘absolute priority’
BERLIN — The sturdiest pillars of Germany’s domestic and international identity have been pulverized with such dizzying speed ...
A Controversial Classification in Germany
The classification of the AfD as a 'far-right' party has had the effect of a bomb in Berlin three days before the swearing-in ...
Marco Rubio Criticized Germany. the Foreign Ministry Hit Back
Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify ...
Germany's Merz names utility executive as economy minister among first cabinet picks
Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday named utility executive Katherina Reiche as his likely economy ...