US EditionMerz and the Wobbly Middle: New Books by Robin Alexander and Miriam Lau About the Chancellor
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Robin Alexander wonders if the new chancellor can rule in crisis mode differently than Olaf Scholz. Miriam Lau comes closer to the CDU politician than any other biographer. Her hope: Merz is ready to learn from mistakes.
With his first financial plan, the German head of government is quietly saying goodbye to the central principles of order politics – and his own convictions. The young generations in particular have to pay for this.
Friedrich Merz, Germany's current chancellor, has been politically active for over 50 years since he became a student of the CDU in 1972. Since then, Merz has been chairman of the CDU, Angela Merkel Adviser, Chairman of BlackRock AG and often also a man of hard, sometimes populist words. Today, as Chancellor, he advocates a new good cooperation – which is certainly a huge challenge in times of multi-crisis worldwide, not only for Friedrich Merz,…
On the revelations about BlackRock's tax tricks in the "Inside BlackRock" study, Ines Schwerdtner, Chairman of the Party Die Linke says: "The Inside BlackRock study shows how far the practice in corporate meetings is away from the general interest. The fact that Chancellor Merz has moved directly from BlackRock to the Bundestag remains a heavy mortgage for his political credibility. From tax avoidance to the head of government, this is a side sh…
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