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Germany: Is it possible to replace the chancellor?
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing record low approval ratings which embolden his opponents. How can a chancellor be removed from office in Germany? There are three options.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing record low approval ratings which embolden his opponents. How can a chancellor be removed from office in Germany? There are three options.
A visibly shaken but also determined Friedrich Merz spoke in Berlin about the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and the CDU's bitter defeat. He insisted on sticking to his reforms.
The new leadership is trying to maintain both confidence and the promotion of economic animal spirits.
Following the CDU's crushing defeat in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, many are expressing doubts about the party's leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz. But the CDU doesn't appear to have a viable alternative.