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By courting the far right, the man tipped to be Germany’s next chancellor may have sealed his own downfall | Florian Ranft

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Conservative Friedrich Merz shattered a political taboo. His blunder gives the centre-left a chance in the 23 February election

There are moments in every election campaign when the fate of a key prot…

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Merz’s gamble: Germany’s centre-right leader splits voters by flirting with hardline AfD

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Would be chancellor Friederich Merz breaks post-war convention of no political deals with far right

On a foggy, frigid morning in Saxony, far-right MP René Bochmann could not believe his party’s luck …

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Merz doubles down on gambit with German far right in combative speech

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Prospective chancellor takes startlingly aggressive line against those protesting against gamble with AfD

The German conservative opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, whose party is widely tipped to win…

A political gamble backfired spectacularly – bringing the far right closer to power in Germany | Jörg Lau

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The CDU’s Friedrich Merz has shattered the taboo that had underpinned German politics since the war. The unthinkable is now more possible

The tectonic plates are shifting in German politics. A momento…

Germans protest against party leader who pushed migration bill backed by far right

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Angry rallies in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich accuse Friedrich Merz of cooperating with AfD

Tens of thousands of people marched in Germany on Sunday to protest against the decision by …

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