Friedrich Merz | The European Conservative

Few Alternatives for Conservatives in Germany: An Interview with Hans-Georg Maassen

Zoltán Kottász August 5, 2023

Angela Merkel successfully transformed the classical-conservative CDU of Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl into a socialist party, and turned the party establishment into a real left-wing establishment.

Merz Open to CDU-AfD Cooperation at Local Level

Robert Semonsen July 24, 2023

Merz’s apparent dismantling of his party’s firewall against the AfD at the local level comes just days after an opinion poll revealed that support for the anti-globalist party, once again, reached a new all-time high, at 22% of the national vote—just four percentage points behind the CDU.

German CDU Shifts Right; Merz Backs Proposal To Abolish Current Asylum Regime

Robert Semonsen July 22, 2023

Deputy chairman of CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag Thorsten Frei criticized the current asylum system for not only punishing the physically weaker would-be asylum seekers but also those living in societies that are forced to live with the consequences of receiving massive numbers of young men from alien cultures.

Germany: Friedrich Merz Elected New Chairman of Merkel’s CDU, Seeks Party’s Rebranding

Tristan Vanheuckelom January 25, 2022

It is unclear exactly how Merz will pivot from the CDU’s former centrism and remain distinct from rightist-populist competitor AfD.

CDU Chairman Candidate: Anyone Working with the AfD Will be Expelled

Robert Semonsen December 3, 2021

“I tell everyone who is concerned, in the north and in the south, in the west and in the east, that we have ruled out this cooperation,” Merz said, adding that any form of collaboration or cooperation between members of his party and the AfD would lead to exclusion procedures.

Tag: Friedrich Merz

Few Alternatives for Conservatives in Germany: An Interview with Hans-Georg Maassen

Merz Open to CDU-AfD Cooperation at Local Level

German CDU Shifts Right; Merz Backs Proposal To Abolish Current Asylum Regime

Germany: Friedrich Merz Elected New Chairman of Merkel’s CDU, Seeks Party’s Rebranding

CDU Chairman Candidate: Anyone Working with the AfD Will be Expelled

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