German chancellor Friedrich Merz has made a moderate media splash and ruffled some feathers in his own ruling coalition with the Centrist Social Democrats (SPD). Using the platform of a regional party congress of his CDU Conservatives in Niedersachsen, Merz has delivered a speech that immediately attracted national attention and will be remembered for one phrase.
Cut welfare, give billions to Ukraine, suppress opposition: The German leader’s checklist to successFriedrich Merz thinks he is the savior of the old German establishment. He is really more of a gravedigger
BY Tarik Cyril Amar