‘I’ve sent you an invitation to my funeral’ – Merz fact checked after claiming woman dying of stage IV cancer gave ‘false’ information (opens in new tab)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has come under fire from several media outlets following a citizens’ dialogue in Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, where he was accused of lecturing a terminally ill woman. There, a woman had spoken out and told the chancellor that she had terminal stage IV skin cancer, saying that the looming public health cuts amount […]