Merz has focused on economic, foreign, security, and family policies. He is seen as a representative of the pro-business wings of the CDU.[15] He is viewed as an economic liberal who makes some concessions to conservative party members who stress the need for social engagement. Merz embraces some conservative social policies regarding families, although the Berliner Morgenpost says he is not as “dogmatic” as in his early polticial career.[116] He is associated with neoliberalism.[117]
As a young politician in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a staunch supporter of anti-communism, the dominant state doctrine of West Germany and a core tenet of the CDU. His book Mehr Kapitalismus wagen (transl: Venturing More Capitalism) advocates economic liberalism.
They are actually very similar, the CDU just isnt as extremist yet, but give it 5 years or so. Both parties promote isolation, fake news about immigrants, hate and are generally only motivated by money. Extremely corrupt. In Germany we lost when Merz became chancellor, you think we beat the Nazis, no, we voted over 50% right to far right. We just stalled the inevitable a couple of years to hopefully beat Russia in time to stop the constant flood of propaganda. Merz is powerhungry and nothing more, has been the CEO for BlackRock Germany and is doing A LOT of corrupt lobbying work for our industry.
I’m not sure about that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz#Political_positions
All of that indicates he’d hate Trump, who is upending the neoliberal global capitalist order that Germany has done so well under…
On top of that, Vance and Musk openly backed Merz’s rivals in the AfD
But the CDU have done everything to appeal to AfD voters for decades. To the point that they are now so close that there’s significant overlap.
the AfD is NOT the rival of the CDU lmao
They are actually very similar, the CDU just isnt as extremist yet, but give it 5 years or so. Both parties promote isolation, fake news about immigrants, hate and are generally only motivated by money. Extremely corrupt. In Germany we lost when Merz became chancellor, you think we beat the Nazis, no, we voted over 50% right to far right. We just stalled the inevitable a couple of years to hopefully beat Russia in time to stop the constant flood of propaganda. Merz is powerhungry and nothing more, has been the CEO for BlackRock Germany and is doing A LOT of
corruptlobbying work for our industry.