Friedrich Merz | The European Conservative

CDU leader Friedrich Merz at an election campaign rally in Oberhausen, Western Germany, on February 21, 2025.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Friedrich Merz’s AfD Dilemma

Javier Villamor February 22, 2025

Merz will likely be handed the last chance to lead Germany back to the path of common sense—one he could easily squander due to his dependence on the Left.

2025 German Election Minute by Minute

TEC News February 22, 2025

Follow our minute by minute coverage on the German federal election to get the latest updates from our team in Berlin.

Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel shake hands prior to the start of a television debate in Berlin on February 16, 2025, ahead of the parliamentary elections due to take place on February 23, 2025.

Germany at a Crossroads: Why Voters Are Looking for an Alternative

Javier Villamor February 22, 2025

Nearly 60 million Germans will go to the polls this Sunday in elections that will shape not just the country’s but the continent’s future.

German Establishment Parties Oppose AfD While Competing To Fight Migration

Javier Villamor February 17, 2025

Weidel’s party has successfully shifted the Overton window, setting the political agenda a week before the elections.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L), main candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Friedrich Merz, main candidate and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) take up their positions prior to the TV debate joint hosted by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF in Berlin on February 9, 2025

No Governing with AfD, German Election Frontrunner Says

Zoltán Kottász February 10, 2025

Sunday’s debate featured the first and third most popular choices for chancellor while denying Alice Weidel a platform despite AfD surging to 22% in polls.

Establishment Is Panicking as Germany’s Firewall Crumbles

Sabine Beppler-Spahl February 3, 2025

Desperate calls to ban the AfD show how scared mainstream parties are of populists—and by extension their voters.

Bundestag Rejects Migration Bill After Hyperbolic Debate

Zoltán Kottász January 31, 2025

The Left focused on the right-wing AfD instead of the need to tackle immigration in light of brutal migrant crimes.

Public-Funded Fairytale Tellers Get Busy Ahead of German Election

Zoltán Kottász January 30, 2025

Less than a month before the February 23rd elections, Correctiv is now going after Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU, which is the frontrunner in the polls.

Firewall Crumbles: Bundestag Passes Migration Motion With AfD’s Support

Zoltán Kottász January 29, 2025

The German centre-right and right-wing parties said that introducing tough asylum laws takes priority over the hysterics of the Left.

Left or Right? Germany’s CDU at the Crossroads

Zoltán Kottász January 28, 2025

Will the establishment Christian Democrats go soft on migration again—or cooperate with the dreaded AfD?

Tag: Friedrich Merz

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Friedrich Merz’s AfD Dilemma

2025 German Election Minute by Minute

Germany at a Crossroads: Why Voters Are Looking for an Alternative

German Establishment Parties Oppose AfD While Competing To Fight Migration

No Governing with AfD, German Election Frontrunner Says

Establishment Is Panicking as Germany’s Firewall Crumbles

Bundestag Rejects Migration Bill After Hyperbolic Debate

Public-Funded Fairytale Tellers Get Busy Ahead of German Election

Firewall Crumbles: Bundestag Passes Migration Motion With AfD’s Support

Left or Right? Germany’s CDU at the Crossroads

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