Who is Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor?

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Who is Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor?  The 69-year-old CDU leader Friedrich Merz is a major favourite for the German chancellorship after Sunday's snap election.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/21/who-is-friedrich-merz-the-favourite-to-become-germanys-next-chancellor  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative CDU, is set to become the next German chancellor

00:07after the elections on Sunday.

00:10A lover of private planes and with a background in the private sector, Merz is 69 years old,

00:16married and a father of three.

00:19Once a long-standing rival of Angela Merkel, he abandoned politics due to their feud.

00:26He returned after Merkel stepped down, with the aim of getting the CDU to tilt to the

00:31right on certain issues.

00:34His hardline stance on migration is one of their main differences.

00:40In a proposal he tabled in late January in the Bundestag and which was rejected, he called

00:45for the end of family reunification for those with subsidiary protection and increased powers

00:52for federal police officers to deport migrants.

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