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Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

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But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU lost the 2002 election, replaced him as parliamentary leader as well. "He embodied the more traditional ...

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And overwhelmingly it has been brought about by allowing millions of Muslims into the West who have no desire to fit in, but ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...