Germany's Merz tells DW that AfD 'wants to destroy the CDU'
2 days ago · Merz was openly mocked by AfD leader Alice Weidel after last week's votes, calling Friday's failed passage, "A dismantling of Friedrich Merz as candidate for chancellor. He can't be chancellor, he ...
Front-runner in German election says his party will 'never' work …
3 days ago · BERLIN (AP) — The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election said Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will “never” work with it, following a week in which he was accused of breaking a taboo on dealing with the far right.. Center-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s Union …
Mehrheit mit der AfD: Friedrich Merz bricht sein Wort - aber er …
Jan 29, 2025 · Erstens: Friedrich Merz hält sich nicht an sein gegebenes Wort. Er hatte erklärt, dass er keine "Zufalls-Mehrheiten" mit der AfD riskieren oder herbeiführen werde.
Friedrich Merz: Sammlung seiner Aussagen zur Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD
Jan 30, 2025 · »Vergessen Sie’s«, sagte Friedrich Merz einst über eine mögliche Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD. Doch nicht alle Einlassungen zur extrem rechten Partei waren so eindeutig. Die Chronik seiner ...
Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote …
Jan 30, 2025 · Germany’s center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, into government after Wednesday’s events. He insists that he didn’t and won’t work with it, and that he didn’t break a political consensus, often called ...
Friedrich Merz’s flirtation with German far right condemned by …
Jan 30, 2025 · Friedrich Merz’s flirtation with German far right condemned by Angela Merkel Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws
Germany: Opposition leader Merz rules out AfD cooperation
Sep 6, 2024 · Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said there was no way his party would work with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)...
Germany’s Likely Leader Flirts With a Taboo: Working With the Far …
Jan 27, 2025 · The opening by Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, who leads in the polls for the chancellor election next month, came after a knife attack last week in Bavaria by ...
Will German conservative Merz demolish far-right 'firewall'?
Jan 24, 2025 · Some in Germany are surprised at how willing he seems to be to cooperate with the far-right AfD. Election front-runner Friedrich Merz wants stricter migration policies following a deadly stabbing ...
Germany's opposition leader faces criticism over his comments on ...
Jul 24, 2023 · Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union has long said it won’t work with Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which has drifted steadily further right. Merz reiterated Sunday that there would be no cooperation in the national, state or European parliaments with AfD, which recently has surged in polls .
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