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Ed TurnerThe Guardian |
Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the first round.
It has only been a few weeks since the election, yet the far right has overtaken Merz in a poll.
The CDU/CSU will seek a coalition with the SDP, which came third in the national vote.
The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a government, following coalition...
In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to migrants.