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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 axes
Friedrich Merz leans further toward free market than 81% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Friedrich Merz stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, Friedrich Merz sits close to the catalog median.
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Ideological proximity
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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.
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.
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.
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CommunalismAnarchist29%
Journalist and leader of the UDN party, Lacerda traded youthful communism for liberal anticommunism, helped topple Vargas and back the 1964 coup, governed Guanabara with major public works and favela removals and later founded the Broad Front.
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A parliamentary republic in the Middle East, Israel combines a vibrant democracy, a strong Jewish national identity, an advanced technology economy, and a prolonged conflict with the Palestinians that dominates its politics and security.
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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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