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PROFILE – Who’s Friedrich Merz: Germany’s Likely New Chancellor
German conservative politician Friedrich Merz is poised for victory in Sunday’s election and is expected to become the country’s next chancellor if he succeeds in forming a coalition government in the coming weeks. Merz’s center-right CDU/CSU alliance is projected to win 29% of votes, according to the latest projections by the public broadcaster ARD. His […]