Jan 24, 2025 · Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU and candidate for German Chancellor, has announced plans to repair relations with Poland and France if he wins the upcoming election. During an event in Berlin organised by The Koerber Foundation, he proposed drafting a new German-Polish friendship treaty next year.

Dec 30, 2024 · Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving the country away from its Europe-first approach and towards new intergovernmental alliances.

Dec 10, 2024 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, a top candidate for chancellor in upcoming elections, pressed his recent proposal for a European contact group on the war in Ukraine during a visit to...

Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (German:; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022 and led the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as well as being Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since February 2022. In September 2024, he became the Union's designated candidate for Chancellor of Germany ...

Dec 10, 2024 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, a top candidate for chancellor in upcoming elections, arrived in Warsaw on Tuesday to meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Dec 27, 2024 · Today Merz calls for a grand reset in Germany’s relations with France and Poland, chides Europeans for being too reliant on American support for Ukraine, and blasts Scholz for refusing to provide...

Jan 31, 2025 · Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive five-point plan on migration that could clash with his EPP allies. ... Similar comments came from EPP-led Poland. ... Merz’s right-hand ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Germany will form a coalition with France and Poland if Friedrich Merz becomes chancellor. This was stated by Deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction Johann Vadefuhl to Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called him under the guise of the head of the office of the President of Ukraine ...

Sep 14, 2024 · Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has sparked debate with a proposal to limit the influx of migrants through border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic.

Jul 28, 2022 · German opposition leader Friedrich Merz met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw on Thursday. The two addressed tense relations between the countries.