PoliticsGermany news: Merz faces conservative youth wing in Bonn

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is meeting the CDU/CSU’s 90,000-member Young Union at its annual national conference in Bonn, amid dwindling support and dissatisfaction with his leadership. In Schleswig-Holstein, the far-right AfD’s youth wing is holding a rally, with police expecting about 3,000 participants overall; a counterdemonstration for democracy is also planned.

German politicsFriedrich MerzYoung UnionAfD

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