Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...
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.
Will the far right be the second largest party? Everything you need to know about Germany's elections
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to be voted out of office as Europe's biggest economy goes to the polls. Sky News looks at ...
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Could Angela Merkel’s return to public life swing the German election?
The German political scene was already febrile ... Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel. In the years following her retirement from politics (before the 2021 election ...
As Germany’s economic miracle unravels, its dark past is coming back to haunt it
Having established a clear lead over both the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, this motley movement of ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election. Here's what to know
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country ...
AfD support surges after Munich terror attack as voters urge hardline Trump-style approach
EXCLUSIVE: Polling for the Daily Express shows that support for the right-wing Alternative for Deutschland party in Germany ...
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Factbox-What kind of coalition government could Germany have after the election?
Germany could face months of political uncertainty after the federal election on Feb. 23 as the winning party will almost certainly have to form a ...
Conservative leads German election race in shadow of far right
The AfD has drawn support as a spate of deadly attacks has inflamed the immigration debate. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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German election: Scholz, Merz vow not to work with far right
"You will only achieve a continuation of the destruction of our country which began with [former CDU chancellor] Angela Merkel." The AfD is officially suspected by Germany's Federal Office for the ...