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Will Friedrich Merz ban the far-right Alternative for Germany?
US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...
New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles
Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.
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No honeymoon for Merz as the new German government already faces domestic constraints
Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.
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EU leaders meet in Albania to discuss security against Russia-Ukraine war backdrop
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined the leaders of dozens of European countries and organizations for a one-day ...
Germany to comply with Trump's 5% defence spending target, foreign minister suggests
US President Donald Trump has long demanded that NATO partners spend more on defence. Germany now wants to comply. View on ...
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Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany's chancellor hours after his historic defeat
BERLIN — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become ... They are joined by the center-left Social Democrats led by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who lost the national election in ...
45% more people rejected at German border after checks were stepped up, minister says
Germany's interior minister said Thursday that the number of people turned back at the country’s borders increased by nearly half in the new government’s first week in ...