Friedrich Merz Eyes Germany Presidency

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Friedrich Merz and his long march to the brink of the German chancellery

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Friedrich Merz has a comfortable poll lead over Chancellor Olaf Scholz's minority government for Sunday 's election.

Victory would be an unlikely third -act triumph for the 69-year-old , who just seven years ago was seen as a failed politician fully reconciled to ending his career as a wealthy lobbyist and member of numerous company boards.

A protege of the late Wolfgang Schaeuble, finance minister and icon of German fiscal conservatism, Merz enjoyed a meteoric rise through his Christian Democrats .

If he takes office, he will be the first chancellor with children, and the first not previously divorced, since Helmut Kohl left office in 1998 .

He has been assiduous about building contacts with European leaders who would be his peers.

Some welcome the prospect of an end to Scholz 's divided and indecisive government.

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