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Germany’s New Leader Has a Tough Job. It Just Got Tougher.
Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...
US senator says US intel should not help Germany monitor far-right party
The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee called on Wednesday for American spy agencies to "pause" ...
AfD Tells Merz to Resign, Call New Election After He Loses Key Vote
Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz narrowly lost a vote in the Bundestag to become the next chancellor in an unexpected setback that plunges the country into political uncertainty. Shane ...
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As Germany selects a new conservative chancellor, a look at the challenges he inherits
In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a ...
Merz's fumbled chancellor vote is big win for Germany's far right
Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...
Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany’s chancellor, hours after his historic defeat
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...
Germany’s Friedrich Merz named chancellor after parliamentary setback
Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.
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Germany's new govt orders border police to reject most asylum seekers
Germany's new government said Wednesday it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor ...