Tag Archives: Friedrich Merz

Germany Lets Ukraine Use Its Long-Range Missiles

NBC News reports: Germany’s chancellor said Monday that his government will lift all range restrictions on weapons it sends to Ukraine, meaning that all of Kyiv’s major western allies have now relaxed red lines on the use of their weapons inside Russia to fight Moscow’s offensive. The decision from Chancellor Friedrich Merz comes as Europe seeks to bolster Kyiv’s war …

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Merz Fails In First Round Of German Chancellor Vote

The BBC reports: Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of a majority in a parliament vote to become chancellor. Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections. His coalition with the centre left has enough …

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Exit Polls Show Germany’s AfD Party In Second Place

The Independent reports: Exit polls published in Germany’s election suggest Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has come out well in front, as the far-right AfD make large gains. In polling being watched closely across Europe and in the US, the CDU/CSU bloc was on course to win first place with 28.5 per cent of the vote, followed …

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