Friedrich Merz

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Chancellor of Germany since May 2025; leader of the CDU.

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4 Mar 2025 · held 7 days

No longer holdsGermany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed.

SaidAngesichts der Bedrohungen unserer Freiheit und des Friedens auf unserem Kontinent muss jetzt auch für unsere Verteidigung gelten: Whatever it takes.

↗ZDFheute: Merz' Wende in der Schuldenpolitik — Whatever it takes (5 March 2025), quoting Merz on 4 March 2025zdfheute.de