Former banker almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor faces testing domestic political and economic landscape – and then there’s Donald TrumpGerman election – latest updatesFriedrich Merz, a former banker who has never been a government minister, appears almost certain to be the next chancellor of Germany after his conservative CDU/CSU alliance won the most votes in Sunday’s crucial federal election.During the campaign his decision to win a vote in parliament by relying on far-right support proved a historic and highly controversial turning point, even if he has since insisted he would never break Germany’s “firewall” (“brandmauer”) by going into coalition government with the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland. Continue reading…
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Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin
Publish date : 2025-02-23 17:20:00
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Who is Friedrich Merz and what’s in his in-tray?
