Friedrich Merz

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Person.png Friedrich Merz  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Born11 November 1955
NationalityGerman
Member ofAspen Institute Germany, Atlantik-Brücke, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Trilateral Commission

Employment.png Member of the European Parliament

In office
18 June 1989 end=12 June 1994 - Present
Preceded byMagdeleine Anglade, Gerard Batten, Dominique Baudis, Dominique Baudis, Dominique Baudis, Enzo Bettiza, Barend Biesheuvel, Mario Borghezio, Philip Bradbourn, Franziska Brantner, Thomas Brimelow, Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Bairbre de Brún, John Bufton, Christophe Béchu, Richard Caborn, Luigi Caligaris, Martin Callanan, Maria Carrilho, Michael Cashman, José Ribeiro e Castro, Frederick Catherwood, Frederick Catherwood, Giles Chichester, Giulietto Chiesa, Derek Roland Clark, Nick Clegg, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Trevor Colman, José Manuel Torres Couto, Simon Coveney, Pat Cox, João Cardona G. Cravinho, Bob Cryer, Jacques Delors, Andrzej Duda, Andrew Duff, Olivier Duhamel, Bill Newton Dunn, Karoline Edtstadler, Robert Evans, Elisa Ferreira, Ashley Fox, Marie-France Garaud, James Goldsmith, Sylvie Goulard, Sylvie Goulard, Fiona Hall, Malcolm Harbour, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert... further results"strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.

Employment.png Member of the Bundestag Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
16 October 1994 - 27 September 2009
Succeeded byChristian Lindner, Sahra Wagenknecht

Friedrich Merz is a German lawyer and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was Chairman of the transatlantic network Atlantik-Brücke, and is a staunch supporter of the European Union and NATO, having described himself as "a truly convinced European, a convinced transatlanticist[1]." Merz advocates a closer union and "an army for Europe.

He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the Bundestag from 1994 until 2009, where he chaired the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2000 to 2002. Merz was a candidate in the 2018 CDU leadership election, placing second; he is running again in the 2021 leadership election.[2]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
Munich
Bavaria
An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
Munich
Bavaria
"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
Munich Security Conference/202218 February 202220 February 2022Germany
Munich
Bavaria
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
Munich
Bavaria
Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


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