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German conservatives win election

German poll winner Merz's abrasive style could hamper coalition building

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a memorandum dictating how to cooperate during the transition period before he took power.

German election winner Merz and center-left rivals start sounding out a possible coalition

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government

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Conservative Friedrich Merz Wins German Election

The Christian Democratic Union’s victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD.

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Germany's Social Democrats riled by Merz ahead of critical talks on coalition

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz's conservatives but stressed their support was not automatic and hit out at his negotiating style.

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German Parties Welcome 'Constructive' Start to Talks Towards Coalition

The CEO of German chemicals group BASF, which is undergoing a massive restructuring programme to cut costs as Germany's economic falters, joined those calling for a quick agreemen

German conservatives, Social Democrats, begin talks on coalition

Germany's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) have started exploratory talks aimed at forming a new government coalition, following Sunday's federal election. Leading party representatives gathered in a parliament building on Friday morning.

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany’s top job after election?

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

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Friedrich Merz Becomes German Chancellor At A Critical Moment

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

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Friedrich Merz’s rise to the German chancellery is unlikely third act of long career

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

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Chancellor-elect Merz invites genocide perpetrator Netanyahu to Germany

One of the first acts of Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz (Christian Democrat, CDU) after the election was to invite the right ...

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Friedrich Merz Is Set to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...

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Merz prioritizes Ukraine and US, vows to tackle migration and economy after German election win

Provisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...

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Germany’s Friedrich Merz takes swipe at Trump and calls for ‘independence from the USA’

Germany’s Friedrich Merz takes swipe at Trump and calls for ‘independence from the USA’ Lumen 5 A deal between the U.S. and ...

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France's Macron and Germany's Merz agree new chapter in relations, source says

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...

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