Friedrich Merz leads Germany's election, signaling financial reforms, while Alice Weidel’s AfD pushes for radical crypto deregulation.

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government until the spring.The confident frontrunner Friedrich Merz has said he's aiming for an Easter deadline ...

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PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...

Friedrich Merz is on the precipice of becoming Germany’s next chancellor. If successful, his conservatism and quest for new ...

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Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

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Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU, is the frontrunner in Germany’s federal election. Alice Weidel’s AfD trails behind but has ...