Friedrich Merz, AfD and Scholz

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.
Musk will face consequences for interfering in German election, says front-runner Merz
The next German government’s response could be political, legal, or possibly target Musk’s gigafactory near Berlin, center-right leader says in interview.
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.
Germany: Merkel again criticizes Merz over vote with AfD
The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to pass a motion in parliament.
Germany's Olaf Scholz faces pressure to drop re-election campaign
Members of the German chancellor's Social Democratic Party are increasingly speculating that Scholz's defence minister, Boris Pistorius, is a more popular choice to lead the country. View on euronews
Germany's Merz accuses Scholz of 'class warfare' in heated exchanges
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of stoking "class warfare" as rivals faced off in the final parliamentary session before national elections on 23. In a major speech in the Bundestag,
JD Vance says Germany should work with the far right AfD and not ignore ‘the will of the people’
US vice president JD Vance has said he will implore Berlin to work with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to curb ...
Germany's Left party stages late poll surge with fiery call to the 'barricades'
The successor to East Germany's Communist Party has made a late surge two weeks before a national election after its leader ...
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 ...
Germany’s Would-Be Chancellor Tries to Get Back on Cruise Control
Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...
Germany has lost count of migrant terrorist attacks – the AfD hasn’t
Far-Right party to exploit migration in election after failed Afghan asylum seeker suspected of Munich car ramming ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany’s election
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...
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Germany’s “business model is gone”, warns Friedrich Merz
Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...