Conservative Merz confirms he will run against Scholz next year

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU/EPP) confirmed on Tuesday (17 September) that he will run against German chancellor Olaf Scholz in next year’s national elections, as he secured the backing of his internal opponents.

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Friedrich Merz (l), Federal Chairman of the CDU and Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, and Markus Söder, Chairman of the CSU and Minister President of Bavaria, give a press conference on the question of the Union's candidacy for Chancellor. [Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images]

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