Tag: Merz
CDU leader Friedrich Merz on campaign tour
Now he’s back again, in the North Rhine-Westphalian state election campaign. But: Was Friedrich Merz actually really gone? The Sauerland is standing in the spa park of Bad Salzuflen this…
CDU leader Merz surprisingly meets President Wolodimir Selenski
Kyiv, Berlin CDU leader Friedrich Merz met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv for a one-hour talk. However, he did not want to say anything publicly about the content, but…
CDU leader Merz surprisingly meets President Wolodimir Selenski
Friedrich Merz in Irpin near Kyiv The opposition leader informed himself about the fighting there in the past few weeks. (Photo: Reuters) Kyiv, Berlin CDU leader Friedrich Merz met Ukrainian…
Chancellor Olaf Scholf followed a zigzag course
Olaf Scholz In the past, the chancellor has always left communication to his closest confidants. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In Meseberg everything is prepared for a good meeting and good pictures…
Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv
Kyiv, Berlin While Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is hesitating about a trip to Kyiv, CDU chairman Friedrich Merz has traveled to Ukraine. According to dpa information, he arrived in the…
Merz and Scholz: Your messed up Kyiv travel plans
The pope is asking for an audience with Putin, the British prime minister is speaking to the Ukrainian parliament via video link, and the chair of the US House of…
Why the NRW election is becoming an endurance test for Friedrich Merz
Wüst has ruled the country in place of Armin Laschet since October. The 46-year-old is supposed to win the election on May 15, he has to win it. For themselves.…
Ukraine is urging Olaf Scholz to make serious arms deliveries – serious allegations from Merz
Berlin In the debate about the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, demanded quick commitments from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). “I hope that Scholz…
Merz accuses SPD of “deep entanglements”.
Friedrich Merz The Union faction leader supports the call for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to review Germany’s Russia policy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chairman of the CDU,…
Saarland election according to Friedrich Merz “Not a good day”
Berlin It should have been a narrow defeat in Saarland, possibly a bit clearer. The CDU federal chairman Friedrich Merz would have appeared in front of the press on Monday…
Saarland election: bankruptcy for Merz
Friedrich Merz The CDU party leader has to accept a setback in Germany’s smallest state. (Photo: dpa) Friedrich Merz was not up for election in Saarland. But on Sunday he…
State election becomes a mood test for Friedrich Merz
The election in the country with the smallest area may seem small against the background of the global political situation, but this time it has a particularly high symbolic effect.…
In the CDU there is first criticism of Friedrich Merz
Berlin The CDU wants to develop a new basic program. But right at the beginning there is confusion and criticism with one question: who is now working in which specialist…
Scholz does not want to rush the import ban on Russian oil
Berlin Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) sees no short-term possibility of doing without energy supplies from Russia. In the general debate in the German Bundestag, the Social Democrat affirmed that…
Not all bridges to Russia should be burned
Retreat of the national board of the CDU Party leader Friedrich Merz calls for greater commitment to energy security. (Photo: dpa) St Ingbert In view of the Russian attack on…
Friedrich Merz wants to keep the “last big promise of the CDU”.
Each group will be headed by a member of the executive committee, plus ten party members and five experts for the respective topic, as well as two interested parties who…
Friedrich Merz is faction leader – & opens the attack department
Berlin No, Markus Söder could not come to personally propose Friedrich Merz as the new chairman to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. Unfortunately, Söder could not be there, said the parliamentary…
Pandemic hits poorer regions in particular – CDU politicians Merz and Hans support Söder’s rejection of partial vaccination
Especially poorer European regions have been hit hard by the corona pandemic. This emerges from a report on the regional policy of the European Union, which the EU Commission presented…
Friedrich Merz officially in office from Monday
On a power-political course Friedrich Merz announces: From Monday he is officially CDU chairman and is restructuring the party. (Photo: imago images/Rene Traut) Berlin When the CDU announces the official…
Merz closes the ranks – and blows to attack Scholz
Olaf Scholz, Ralph Brinkhaus (left) and Friedrich Merz (right) The Social Democrats currently have an advantage with a freshly elected chancellor. (Photo: imago images/Political Moments) Of course, the first thing…