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February 4, 2025

German Protesters Condemn Chancellor Front-Runner Merz for Working with Neo-Nazi Party
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In Germany, 160,000 demonstrators rallied at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
Sunday to condemn conservative leader Friedrich Merz for collaborating
with the extreme-right Alternative for Germany party to push an
anti-immigrant measure. The bill ultimately failed after members of
Merz's own CDU party refused to support it. Merz has been favored to
become Germany's next chancellor in the upcoming elections.


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