Friedrich Merz

• Germany’s Merz becomes chancellor on 2nd ballot after initial defeat

  Merz is seeking to take the helm of the 27-nation European Union’ s most populous member after Scholz’s government collapsed last year and a national election was held in February.

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  May 6, 2025
  
• German coalition paves way for Merz to become new chancellor

  The party of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholtz will join a coalition led by Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.

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  Apr 30, 2025
  
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• Germany to loosen debt limit to allow more defence, infrastructure spending

  The approval in the Bundestag gives chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz a windfall of hundreds of billions of euros to ramp up investment after two years of economic contraction.

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  Mar 18, 2025
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• Angela Merkel’s party chooses Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed her in Germany

  Germany's CDU party has chosen Angela Merkel's protege, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, to replace her in the country's next election.

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  Dec 7, 2018