The leader of Germany’s conservative opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, is pushing for the current coalition government, led by Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to be replaced. Merz told the dpa he is in favour of a swift transition to a conservative federal government led by the CDU and its Bavarian sister-party the CSU, in view of the budget dispute between the parties forming the coalition government. He and CSU leader Markus Söder are “in agreement that we want to replace this government as quickly as possible,” the leader of the largest opposition parlia…