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German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz watches the media at a joint news conference with Markus Soeder, Christian Social Union party leader and state governor of Bavaria, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German opposition Christian Democrats tap leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor

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FILE - The Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Friedrich Merz, addresses the media during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on May 9, 2022. Germany's opposition leader insisted on Monday, July 24, 2023 that there will be no “cooperation” at the local level between his party and the far-right Alternative for Germany after his suggestion that they might somehow work together drew unease within his own conservative bloc. Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union has long said it won't work with Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which has drifted steadily further right. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Germany’s opposition leader faces criticism over his comments on cooperation with the far right

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

From left, party member Mario Czaja, the Chairman of the German Christian Democatic Party (CDU), Friedrich Merz, and party member Carsten Linnemann, attend a meeting of the CDU Federal Executive Committee in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Germany’s opposition leader is replacing one of his party’s top officials with an ally as he tries to improve its standing in polls and capitalize on discontent with the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Friedrich Merz announced on Tuesday that he was replacing Mario Czaja as the party’s general secretary — the official responsible for day-to-day political strategy. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

German opposition leader replaces a top aide as he tries to improve standing in polls

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FILE - Friedrich Merz, Chairman of the German Christian Democratic (CDU) party and CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, attends meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Germany's conservative opposition leader said Tuesday that large-scale migration is one of the country's biggest problems and one of the main reasons for the recent surge in support for the far right. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP, File)

German opposition leader takes aim at migration, but largely rules out working with far right

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020 file photo, the three candidates for the chairmanship of the Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, Friedrich Merz, left, Norbert Roettgen, center, and Armin Laschet, right, take part in a discussion at the party's headquarters in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, is choosing a new leader on the weekend Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17, 2021, a decision that will help determine who succeeds Merkel at the helm of the European Union's biggest economy after a 16-year reign.Background slogan reads: 'CDU Chairmanship: The candidate round'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Germany: Merkel’s party elects pragmatic Laschet as leader

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks down to a mobile devices as she leads the last cabinet meeting of the German government for this year, at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. The German government will decide at the meeting about an initiative to attract foreign skilled workers. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Former Merkel rival hints at interest in German govt job

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German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, waves after her farewell speech during a party convention of the CDU in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. 1001 delegates are electing a successor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel who doesn't run for party chairmanship after more than 18 years at the helm of the party. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: Vote narrows to replace Merkel as party chief

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3 contrasting contenders in Germany vie to succeed Merkel

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2018 file photo Friedrich Merz, former CDU faction leader, left, Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn, center, and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, General Secretary of the German Christian Democratic Union, all members of the German Christian Democratic Party, attend a CDU regional conference and present their concepts as candidates for the CDU chairmanship in Seebach, central Germany. Merz has been criticized by Spahn and Kramp-Karrenbauer for his comments on the growth of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, party. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)

Contender to lead Merkel’s party takes heat from rivals

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In this Nov. 21, 2018 photo Friedrich Merz, former CDU faction leader, gestures during his speech at the CDU regional conference to present his concept as candidate for the CDU chairmanship in Seebach, central Germany. The regional conference is the third of eight nationwide meetings of this kind. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German foreign minister rejects questioning of asylum right

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FILE -- in this Tuesday, June 12, 2018 photo Friedrich Merz attends a meeting of the economic council of the Chistian Democratic Party in Berlin, Germany. Merz lost his post as the party's parliamentary leader to Merkel in 2002 and has been absent from front-line politics in recent years. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)

Party job contender downplays tension with Germany’s Merkel

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press