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Germany's Scholz slams Merz on AfD cooperation

Germany's Scholz, rival Merz face off in heated pre-election debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly two weeks before the country heads to the polls. Scholz attacked Merz - whose conservative CDU/CSU alliance is leading in the polls on around 30% ahead of the election on February 23 - over his decision last week to pass a motion on migration reform in parliament with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

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Viewers surveyed thought Scholz won debate against rival Merz

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen,

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Germany's Scholz, Merz clash over far-right AfD in election debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through parliament.

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Germany's Scholz slams Merz on AfD cooperation in heated TV debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the rivals faced off in a heated TV debate just two weeks before the country heads to the polls.

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Germany's front-runner Merz: Risk-taker who flirted with far right

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

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Germany's Merz tells DW that AfD 'wants to destroy the CDU'

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor concerned over Musk’s political influence in Europe, wants Trump to rein him in

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner for Germany’s next chancellor, has raised concerns over Elon Musk’s relentless ...

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Germany’s Merz promises tough talk with Trump on Musk's election influence

Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz criticizes Elon Musk’s support to far-right AfD party, his controversial posts about ...

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German conservatives insist they're the anti-AfD 'firewall'

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told supporters in Nuremberg that their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...

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Eminem gets a shoutout from German chancellor during AI interview

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed a fondness for US rapper Eminem when quizzed about his music preferences by an ...

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Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to tell Trump to rein in Musk

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

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Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

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