Merz was elected in 2021 in the German Parliament and won the party leadership in 2022; He managed to unite the subtitle around him and directed the party to a more conservative stance
69, enriched in the private sector as a lawyer and lobbyist. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1989 and then to the German Parliament in 1994, but left politics for disagreeing with CDU directions under the direction of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He is considered the opposite of the former Chancellor and only returned to political life when she was about to retire. Merz was elected in 2021 in the German parliament and won the party leadership in 2022. The politician managed to unite the subtitle around him and directed the party to a more conservative stance.
As a chancellor, Merz is considered a better name to deal with US President Donald Trump. The President of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany has ideas of foreign policy more aligned with Trump’s rhetoric about the need to increase Europe’s responsibility in his own defense. Still, Merz- who is known to be assertive and directly rejected Trump’s last comments in which the Republican supports Russia and blames Ukraine by the beginning of the war.
*With information from Estadão Content
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