Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...
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Friedrich Merz has long been a beacon of hope for the conservative Christian Democrats. He now wants to unseat Chancellor Olaf Scholz and take over as Germany's leader. At the age of 69.
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire former corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an ...