Will Friedrich Merz get Germany to abandon its fiscal fetish?
The Schuldenbremse was enshrined in the German constitution in 2009 by then chancellor Angela Merkel — a CDU politician — in ...
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German CDU leader distances himself from Free Democrats
Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), is discouraging voters from supporting the ...
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Merz now wants to block everything in the Bundestag
the opposition CDU/CSU has now also shifted down a gear and is no longer insisting on January, for which the deadline has ...
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Germany’s Merz urges Scholz to drastically move up timeline for snap election
BERLIN — Germany’s probable next chancellor, center-right leader Friedrich Merz, urged the country’s current center-left ...
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Scholz opens door to German confidence vote before Christmas
Europe’s largest economy has been plunged into political uncertainty after Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of ...
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German chancellor rejects early election
After Germany's government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister ...
Friedrich Merz: German Conservative Gunning To Become Chancellor
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire former corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...
Scholz calls for cool heads to pull Germany out of political crisis
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's squabbling factions on setting the date for a snap ...
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz calls for snap elections
Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has called for snap elections as early as January following the ...
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Germany's coalition collapses dramatically. Scholz plans to lead with a minority government
The chancellor said the minority government would be made up of his Social Democrats and the Greens until early next year — ...