Correspondent Wouter Zwart: Merz most conservative leader in years
“For Merz himself, this feels like the victory to which he thinks he has been entitled for years. He lost the battle for the presidency twice before (to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in 2018 and Armin Laschet at the beginning of this year) but they did not know their role after that. to come true.
With Merz, the CDU gets its most conservative leader in years. The party is thus clearly choosing a different course than in recent years and is emphatically opposing the left-liberal agenda of the new government coalition in the opposition. Merz places great emphasis on a strong economic agenda and enjoys strong corporate support.”
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