Friedrich Merz Wins German Election, Far-Right AfD Achieves Historic Gains

The prospective German chancellor has functioning networks and a sense of Europe. However, the Social Democrats could slow him down.

Can Friedrich Merz be the leader Germany – and Europe – needs?

As expected, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won one of the tightest and highest-turnout elections in the country’s postwar history.

Henry Srebrnik: German election: Is AfD still “far” right after major gains ?

The Feb. 23 German national election witnessed solid gains for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The party doubled its vote share to more than 20 per cent and surged into second place. They are now behind only to the centrist-right Christian Democrats (CDU) under prospective incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz. They are stronger than all the other parties, including the ruling Social Democrats (SPD), who lost power. Will this achievement m…

Friedrich Merz won the federal election. As chancellor he wants to create the economic turnaround soon – some announcements may have directly addressed the young generation.

Germany: Merz takes the helm of a sinking ship

Friedrich Merz, leader of the right-wing Christian Democrats (CDU), will be Germany’s next Chancellor. On election night, he declared that a government should be in place by Easter, claiming that his mission is to unite Europe and that everything depends on leadership from Germany. Merz wants to be the ‘European Chancellor’ who will stand up to the USA, Russia and China and, as Der Spiegel has demanded, make the EU into a ‘great power’.

The international situation and the mediocre interior force the conservative, who won the ballot box on Sunday, quickly formed a large stable coalition with the social-democratic s.