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Christian Democratic chancellor of Germany since 2025 and former head of BlackRock Germany. He tightened migration and border policy, loosened the debt brake to rearm the country and keeps the firewall against the AfD; a Catholic, he is socially conservative.
Political topics
Friedrich Merz leans further toward free market than 86% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Friedrich Merz stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Friedrich Merz sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
Right-wing current that combines free markets, free trade, and limited government with strong national identity, cultural assimilation, traditional and religious values, and a robust military.
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
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Green AnarchismAnarchist30%
A military engineer and Bolsonaro's infrastructure minister, Tarcísio has governed São Paulo since 2023 with concessions, privatisations and a technocratic managerial pitch, running for re-election in 2026.
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A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
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