Friedrich Merz said there should be a discussion about whether the constitutional principle “can continue in this form if we seriously want a European immigration and refugee policy”. Merz, an old rival of Merkel’s, left politics in 2009 after getting marginalized by the chancellor. He was elected chairman of the CDU/CSU group in the same year as Angela Merkel was elected chairman of the CDU, one of the two parties … Friedrich Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German lawyer and politician, a former Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994), a former member of the Bundestag (1994–2009), and a former chairman of CDU/CSU parliamentary group (2000–2002)..
After losing leadership of the party in the early 2000s, Merz lost his position as leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag and left the Bundestag in … If Spahn would stay the course and Laschet would veer a bit to the left, Friedrich Merz would tack hard to the right, pushing the CDU toward the AfD in an attempt to recapture voters that have fled to the populist right in past elections. DThe speech of the party leaders was "honest, courageous, trend-setting", praises the Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier the appearance of Annegret Kramp- Karren Bauer, and sets the t… Once a career CDU man, who started out in the youth wing of the party before rising to lead its parliamentary group, Merz's political ambitions were short-circuited in 2002.
END OF MERKEL: Friedrich Merz CDU victory THIS WEEKEND could spark IMMINENT exit THE German Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) is due to vote on a … Friedrich Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German lawyer and politician of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
English: Dr. Friedrich Merz (born 11 November 1955 in Brilon, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician, former chairman of the major centre-right party CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and currently a member of the German parliament, the Bundestag. Friedrich Merz Friedrich Merz is a returning rival of Merkel hoping to bring voters lost by Merkel's centrism back to the CDU. [BERLIN] Friedrich Merz, trailing in the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), sparked uproar by questioning Germany's constitutional guarantee of asylum at a hustings late on Wednesday. He served as a Member of the European Parliament 1989–1994, a member of the Bundestag 1994–2009, and as the chairman of CDU/CSU parliamentary group 2000–2002.