- US deliberately orchestrated Zelensky-Trump Oval Office clash, Friedrich Merz says https://kyivindependent.com/us-deliberately-escalated-tensions-during-zelenskys-white-house-visit-merz-says/ 1691 comments worldnews
- Friedrich Merz says clash between Trump and Zelenskyy 'manufactured escalation' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/friedrich-merz-says-clash-trump-and-zelenskyy-manufactured/105005952 203 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz says he will find a way for Netanyahu to visit Germany without being arrested https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/election-winner-merz-invites-netanyahu-germany-says-israelis-office-2025-02-24/ 27 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz: German chancellor-in-waiting vows to 'create unity' in Europe https://news.sky.com/story/friedrich-merz-german-chancellor-in-waiting-vows-to-create-unity-in-europe-13316275 13 comments europe
- Germany's Friedrich Merz signals seismic shift in Europe-US relations https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv4n0dg3v3o 31 comments worldnews
- Far right surge is ‘last warning’, says Friedrich Merz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/germany-election-far-right-surge-friedrich-merz-warning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 59 comments politics
- Friedrich Merz urges 'independence' from US https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-friedrich-merz-urges-independence-from-us/live-71700729 280 comments worldnews
- Friedrich Merz on track to be Europe’s most powerful leader as America turns its back https://www.politico.eu/article/german-election-results-2025-friedrich-merz-next-chancellor-historic-question-europe-without-us-support/ 18 comments worldnews
- Preserving the firewall: 160,000 demonstrate in Berlin against Friedrich Merz and the AfD https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/02/preserving-the-firewall-160000-demonstrate-in-berlin-against-friedrich-merz 72 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz will be the chancellor candidate for the CDU with the german elections coming up next year https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/eilmeldung-8136.html 143 comments europe
- Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet Europe’s most powerful leader as US turns its back https://www.politico.eu/article/german-election-results-2025-friedrich-merz-next-chancellor-historic-question-europe-without-us-support/ 56 comments europe
- German conservative leader Friedrich Merz rules out coalition with far-right AfD https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-s-merz-rules-out-coalition-with-far-right-afd/3491140 113 comments worldnews
- Germany elections: Next likely chancellor Friedrich Merz warns Nato could soon be dead https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/24/germany-chancellor-friedrich-merz-warns-nato-could-be-dead/ 836 comments worldnews
- German election: Friedrich Merz urges 'independence' from US https://p.dw.com/p/4qwsy 8 comments politics
- Germany: CDU leader Friedrich Merz says his party will 'never' work with far-right https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/03/germany-cdu-leader-friedrich-merz-says-his-party-will-never-work-with-far-right 416 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz: CDU leader wants to make revocation of citizenship possible https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/friedrich-merz-will-ausbuergerung-ermoeglichen-a-d887cae0-8e6f-4f1f-ab5b-1de8da5efde7 259 comments europe
- Will Friedrich Merz get Germany to abandon its fiscal fetish? https://www.ft.com/content/8f059f4d-4fe0-4291-a768-c273485570d6 86 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz wants to make Germany's CDU strong again https://www.dw.com/en/friedrich-merz-wants-to-make-germanys-cdu-strong-again/a-56247517 2 comments europe
- Germany: Friedrich Merz to lead Christian Democrats in opposition https://www.dw.com/en/germany-friedrich-merz-to-lead-christian-democrats-in-opposition/a-60169704 35 comments europe
- CDU leadership hopeful Friedrich Merz wants debate on asylum rights https://www.dw.com/en/cdu-leadership-hopeful-friedrich-merz-wants-debate-on-asylum-rights/a-46400889 3 comments europe
- Merkel rival Friedrich Merz emerges as surprise early frontrunner to succeed chancellor https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/31/merkel-rival-friedrich-merz-emerges-surprise-early-frontrunner/ 34 comments europe
- Germany partly to blame for Brexit, says Germany’s CDU leader Friedrich Merz https://www.ft.com/content/0e60f43e-eaec-4427-b745-8eb63dff2abf 180 comments europe
- Germany: Friedrich Merz has announced plans to raise hundreds of billions of euros to boost defense and infrastructure https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-cdu-spd-agree-on-major-financial-package/a-71828023 59 comments worldnews
- Friedrich Merz lashes out at Greens as German election campaign starts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/17/friedrich-merz-lashes-out-at-greens-as-german-leadership-campaign-starts 9 comments worldnews
- Friedrich Merz lashes out at Greens as German election campaign starts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/17/friedrich-merz-lashes-out-at-greens-as-german-leadership-campaign-starts 31 comments germany
- Friedrich Merz Identifies Greater Foreign Policy Alignment with Greens Over SPD https://themunicheye.com/friedrich-merz-identifies-greater-foreign-policy-alignment-with-greens-over-spd-6536 7 comments europe
- Germany should copy UK's Rwanda policy, says Friedrich Merz, leader of Angela Merkel's CDU party https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/07/germany-copy-uk-rwanda-policy-cdu-merkel-party-merz/ 461 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz, German CDU top leadership contender to take over Angela Merkel's position, has coronavirus. https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-germany-merz-idusl8n2ba5q6 9 comments europe
- Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz says he will find a way for Netanyahu to visit Germany without being arrested, after officially inviting him https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/election-winner-merz-invites-netanyahu-germany-says-israelis-office-2025-02-24/ 155 comments europe
- Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says Germany’s move to unlock hundreds of billions in military spending should be seen as a “first great step” toward the creation of a European defence community. The 1952 EDC included a European Army https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/merz-says-germany-laying-foundation-for-european-defense-push 34 comments geopolitics
- Merz considers extension of French, British nuclear umbrella to Germany. Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised to talk to France and the UK about extending their nuclear protection to Germany, as Donald Trump drops hints he might renege on his NATO obligations. https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/merz-considers-extension-of-french-british-nuclear-umbrella-to-germany/ 21 comments europe
- Who is Friedrich Merz? Germany's front-runner who flirted with far right https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxnzkyw7n1o 31 comments europe
- Friedrich Merz gives women voters the ick - Germany’s likely next chancellor faces a key challenge: winning over women. https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-women-problem-voter-ick/ 28 comments europe
- Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his challenger in election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader, accused Scholz of leaving behind an economic “disaster”. https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-scholz-merz-parliament-a3bf9a455a22d1d622abcc04da40269e 5 comments europe
- Two private jets but I'm middle class, says Germany's 'anti-Merkel': Friedrich Merz, frontrunner to become next CDU leader, says class is not just about money https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/20/two-private-jets-middle-class-friedrich-merz-germany-anti-merkel 5 comments europe
- Two private jets but I'm middle class, says Germany's 'anti-Merkel': Friedrich Merz, frontrunner to become next CDU leader, says class is not just about money https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/20/two-private-jets-middle-class-friedrich-merz-germany-anti-merkel 250 comments worldnews
- Merz Rips Up Merkel’s Legacy to Unleash Germany Spending Power -- Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz plans to free Germany from the fiscal straitjacket that former leader Angela Merkel had locked her country into for more than a decade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/merz-rips-up-merkel-s-legacy-to-unleash-germany-spending-power 93 comments europe
- CDU leader pulls out of right-wing US-German political forum following criticism: Keynote speaker Friedrich Merz dropped out of the right-wing "Transatlantic Forum" following criticism of the guest list, which includes a gun lobbyist, members of the German far right, and Trump ally Lindsay Graham. https://www.dw.com/en/cdu-leader-pulls-out-of-right-wing-us-german-political-forum-following-criticism/a-62685880 8 comments worldnews