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Germany, Friedrich Merz and Election

German election winner Merz and center-left rivals start sounding out a possible coalition

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

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German poll winner Merz's abrasive style could hamper coalition building

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a memorandum dictating how to cooperate during the transition period before he took power.

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Germany Election: Friedrich Merz to 'intensify' coalition talks with SPD

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who came out on top in the snap election results, is aiming to close a coalition agreement with outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD, which came third in the elections.

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Germany’s Merz to Start Exploratory Talks With Social Democrats on Friday

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the matter.

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Germany's Social Democrats riled by Merz ahead of critical talks on coalition

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz's conservatives but stressed their support was not automatic and hit out at his negotiating style.

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German conservatives, Social Democrats, begin talks on coalition

Germany's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) have started exploratory talks aimed at forming a new government coalition, following Sunday's federal election. Leading party representatives gathered in a parliament building on Friday morning.

France's Macron and Germany's Merz agree new chapter in relations, source says

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...

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Germany's Merz pleased to find broad agreement with Macron in Paris

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, described his three-hour meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron ...

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man on course to take Germany’s top job after election?

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

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France's Macron to dine with Germany's Merz on Wednesday

French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...

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Germany's Merz to make surprise trip to Paris for talks with Macron

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, is set to make a surprise visit to ...

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Europe Should 'Achieve Independence' From US, Says Germany's Merz

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

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Germany, dodging a bullet, now faces a hostile U.S.

It turns out that Germany and its 83 million citizens are ... Polls suggest German support for Ukraine has softened, further complicating Merz’s determination to fortify Ukrainians’ struggle ...

Friedrich Merz Is Set to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...

Germany's Merz rules out quick reform of state debt limits

Election winner Friedrich Merz on Tuesday ruled out a quick reform to Germany's state borrowing limits known as the "debt ...

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