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Friedrich Merz

Merz Rules Out Pension Cuts, Reasserts Push to Elevate Private and Workplace Saving

The pledge seeks to steady a fraught debate over balancing the state pension with private saving.

Germany Opens Espionage Probe Into Signal Phishing Targeting Political Elites

Leipzig Police Stage Major Raid Over Residence-Permit Fraud

Bayern’s Men Reach Cup Final as Women Clinch League Title

Merz’s ‘Basic’ Pension Line Faces Uproar From SPD and East German Leaders

Germany's Interior Ministry Scales Back Draft Pay Rises Tied to Top Officials

CDU and CSU Offices Briefly Renamed on Google Maps in Coordinated ‘Eierhaus’ Prank

CDU Win in Rhineland-Palatinate Triggers SPD Leadership Crisis

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate as AfD Reaches Record 20% in West

CDU Reclaims Rhineland-Palatinate After 35 Years as AfD Posts Record Western Result

CDU Ousts SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, AfD Surges as Grand Coalition Likely

Rhineland-Palatinate Votes As Bavaria Decides 294 Local Runoffs

EU Summit Rebukes Orbán Over Ukraine Aid, Orders Workaround, Moves to Cushion Energy Shock From Iran War

Rhineland-Palatinate Heads to Polls With CDU and SPD in Dead Heat

Greens Win Narrowly in Baden-Württemberg as SPD Crashes, Berlin Feels Fallout and Bavaria’s Map Shifts

Greens Edge CDU in Baden‑Württemberg as Özdemir Moves to Form Government

Greens Edge CDU in Baden-Württemberg as Özdemir Poised to Lead

Greens Edge Ahead in Baden-Württemberg Vote, Setting Up Özdemir for State Leadership

Baden‑Württemberg Votes in Neck‑and‑Neck Race as Turnout Climbs

Baden-Württemberg Votes in Knife-Edge CDU–Green Contest to Succeed Kretschmann