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Conservative Politician Secures Chancellorship After Historic Rejection Upends German Parliament
Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future into question. Merz, leader of the center-right Christian…
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German Leaders Admit Migrant Crisis Real After Censoring Right Wing Party That Tried To Warn Them
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is now planning to send thousands of Syrian refugees back to their home nation after suppressing the speech of right-wingers who have long advised the same. Merz said on Monday that he…
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Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz is a German politician who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022, leading the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag from February 2022 to May 2025.

Germany Finally Admits Nuking Its Energy Sector For No Reason Was A Bad Idea

Germany’s political leadership is finally conceding that shutting down the country’s nuclear power plants was a costly mistake. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted Wednesday that the country’s nuclear phase-out…

German Chancellor Admits Europe ‘Wasted Incredible Potential’ By Bureaucracy, Over-Regulation

German Chancellor Freidrich Merz told the World Economic Forum (WEF) that Germany and the European Union (EU) have “wasted incredible potential” during his speech Thursday. Merz, a member of the center-right Christian…

Azerbaijani president arrives in Berlin for official welcome

Azerbaijan’s current president Ilham Aliyev was welcomed in Berlin with an official ceremony and is engaging in a series of bilateral talks with German leaders, including one-on-one discussions with CDU leader Friedrich Merz and a broader meeting with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to bolster energy, security, and diplomatic ties. Topics range from expanding gas trade to Syria, Turkmenistan’s neutrality, and moves to normalize relations with the Council of Europe, reflecting a broad agenda for Azerbaijan-Germany cooperation.

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Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz is a German politician who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022, leading the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag from February 2022 to May 2025.

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“The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result.An entire nation [USA] is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.”
— Merz quoted referring to 2026 Iran war in "Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Trump warns of more 'cuts'", BBC News (May 2, 2026).

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