Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz and Germany

Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and front-runner, accused Scholz of leaving behind an economic “disaster.
Germany's Scholz slams Merz on AfD cooperation in heated TV debate
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the rivals faced off in a heated TV debate just two weeks before the country heads to the polls.
Viewers surveyed thought Scholz won debate against rival Merz
Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen,
Germany's Scholz, Merz clash over far-right AfD in election debate
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through parliament.
Germany's Scholz touts debate showing as campaign enters home stretch
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday touted his performance in a TV debate with his conservative rival Friedrich Merz, with less than two weeks to go until the country heads to the polls. "I intend to win the election.
Germany's Scholz, rival Merz face off in heated pre-election debate
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly two weeks before the country heads to the polls. Scholz attacked Merz - whose conservative CDU/CSU alliance is leading in the polls on around 30% ahead of the election on February 23 - over his decision last week to pass a
Germany's Scholz warns of 'European crisis' from Merz migration bill
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday warned of a "European crisis" if his conservative rival Friedrich Merz passes proposed reforms to migration law, as the rivals faced off in a heated TV debate.
Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right
Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...
German federal elections: Social Democrats and Christian Democrats agree on all key issues
Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...
Merz’s Botched Flirtation With Far Right Shakes German Election
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...
History won’t repeat itself in Germany. But it might rhyme.
BERLIN — Angst (a German word) is spreading across the Bundesrepublik. Amid talk that the country is the “ sick man of Europe ...
Preserving the firewall: 160,000 demonstrate in Berlin against Friedrich Merz
Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...
What happened in the German parliament and why is the far right hailing it as a ‘historic’ moment?
In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...
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German Bundestag rejects immigration bill pushed by conservatives and far right
An immigration bill from Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz and backed controversially by the ...
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German parliament backs election front-runner’s call for tough border rules with far-right support
Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...