Merz addresses Bavarian conservatives amid doubts over his government

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2026-10-24

Munich (dpa) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a call for unity on Saturday in a speech closing the two-day party conference of the Bavarian conservatives. Germany's conservative bloc is made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which Merz leads, and its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). He told the 700 delegates in the Munich exhibition hall that, together, they might remain the strongest political force i......

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