Germany
Friedrich Merz
said
The overall productivity of our national economy is not high enough.
— "Merz calls on Germans to work more — and draws a withering backlash", Politico (February 12, 2026)
Friedrich Merz
German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Audience17K
- Fame78.1
- Momentum1.8
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- Audience17K
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- Momentum1.8
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Born 1955 · age 71Germany
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Updated 2026-06-23
Germany's current chancellor came back from the wilderness—twice. A corporate lawyer and multimillionaire who lost a decade-long power struggle with Angela Merkel, left politics entirely, then clawed his way to the CDU leadership on the third try and into the top job this May.
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Born in Brilon on 11 November 1955, Merz joined the Young Union at seventeen and built his early career on anti-communism and pro-business conservatism. He finished law school in 1985, worked as a judge and corporate lawyer, then entered the European Parliament in 1989. A term later he moved to the Bundestag, where he became the CDU's leading financial policy expert and won the parliamentary group chairmanship in 2000—the same year Merkel took the party chair, setting up a rivalry that defined the next phase of his life. After the 2002 election Merkel claimed his post; he stayed on as deputy u…
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