“It is questionable whether it will survive”: Merz declares his desire for a coalition – but does not rule out the Greens. Merz wants the Union to be “twice as strong” as the Greens and SPD – pact with AfD excluded.

“As a right-wing radical party, the AfD stands outside every conceivable spectrum for us,” wrote the CDU leader in his weekly newsletter “MerzMail” published on Saturday evening (February 3)