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border securityNATO spendingdeportationsEU defenceimmigration controlZeitenwende continuitytransatlantic allianceeconomic competitivenessBundestag majorityrule of law

Friedrich Merz — Photo: Steffen Prößdorf (cropped) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Friedrich Merz

Chancellor of Germany Germany

Conservative

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — centre-right, Atlanticist, pro-EU with tougher migration and higher defence spending

border security
NATO spending
deportations
EU defence
immigration control
Zeitenwende continuity
transatlantic alliance
economic competitiveness
Bundestag majority
rule of law

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Liberal 590 (23%)(77%) 2009 Conservative

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