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The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home, a task expected to take several more weeks. But the agreement announced on March 4th was startling in its ambition.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader BERLIN -- Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II ...

a mentally ill former asylum seeker from Afghanistan killed two people in a park in the city, including a 2-year-old. A week later, the opposition leader and Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz, the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War ... but “we shouldn’t expect to hear one voice out of Brussels.” “The interests are so different within the European ...