Live updates: Friedrich Mirz stumbles in an attempt to become the next leader of Germany

Mr. Mirz, who was then a company lawyer, did not leave a plane. But a colleague attended recently that Mr. Mirz did not hesitate. He jumped – successfully, but with a little harsh landing.

Now 69 and politicians, Mr. Mirz is trying a more serious leap with a similar risk of stumbling. It was expected that the next German adviser would become on Tuesday, after his party won the national elections in February. But in a sign of the challenges he faces, Mr. Mirz fell with six short votes in the first vote in Parliament.

He is now facing a second round of voting and is expected to prevail in the end.

Mr. Mirz, who has no executive experience in the government, will take office most of the time in the most challenging times since the reunification of East Germany and Western 35 years ago.

He and his coalition government, led by Christian Democrats in the center, will fall into a series of national crises, including a Stagnant And a tense relationship with the United States.

A national party as a rise, an anti -immigrant alternative to Germany, or AFD, which is German local intelligence only It is classified as an extremistMr. Mirz and his prevailing political counterparts in some opinion polls.

In the months that has passed since his party won the elections in February, Mr. Mirz was aggressive about facing these challenges.

President Trump criticized and interrogated the stability of American democracy, and has gathered with their foreign counterparts in an attempt to lead modern Europe. He soon broke a major promise to the campaign on financial restraint, as it led to an agreement with the competitors of the left at the center to relax the holy borders in Germany on government borrowing in order to spend “everything it requires” to the national defense.

And in spite of Join AFD In an attempt to pass new restrictions to immigration shortly before the elections, he pledged to avoid her in Parliament again. He also reflected a pledge to remove asylum seekers.

Supporters of Mr. Mirz say that the moves are the distinctive feature of a graceful politician with the ability to fulfill the great issues that worry the German audience: growth, defense and immigration.

John B. said. “I think I am very ready, very deep and studied.” Mr. Schmits helped Mr. Mirz to work in German offices at the Chicago Mair Brown attorney and jumped from the plane in Corsica with Mr. Mirz around 2005.

But others believe that Mr. Mirz is fighting for more than one step forward, which led him to break the promises. This, as they say, cut his popularity.

It led to his dismissal from spending and immigration, many conservative voters at Al Qaeda. Mr. Mirz and his party have retreated in the polls since the elections, and AFD has equalized even with them in some investigative studies. It begins with one of the lowest categories of approval for any German leader in the modern era.

“There is this old saying:” Whatever you do, you act wisely and thought in the end. “This thinking,” I feel that it is not its main strength. “

Mr. Schmits rejects such criticism, saying that Mr. Mirz’s ability to be flexible is a sign of his leadership.

In the capital, Mr. Mirz is known for his magic and his ability to warm for new ideas. Friends sometimes complain that he is severely affected by the last person who talks to him before making a great decision – but as soon as he makes this decision, he hates the appeal against him. This sometimes caused critics accusing him of stubbornness.

In 2020, Mr. Mirz gave 6 feet and 6 inches interview Where he was asked about the perception that was arrogant. He said: “My height alone is, of course, a potential goal of such biases.” “Physically, look at many people, so it is just a small step to” look at them. “

Mr. Mirz, a former company’s lawyer with a great wealth, promised a more conservative course in both the country and the party that he inherited from Angela Merkel, who left the advisor three and a half years ago.

This partially reflects his background in the Sawirland region in western Germany, a region that defines its policy and personality. During his campaign, Mr. Mirz ran on the slogan “More Sawirland for Germany”, which raises the image of the region as a country in the country.

Every two years he attends rituals dating back to the Middle Ages in the picturesque town of Brailon, where he was born and raised, where local men walk along the city borders before they gather a party in the fields.

“This is what distinguishes him: he has always been in close contact with his homeland and knows where he comes from,” said Niklas Frejjar, Vice -President of Brailon, from Mr. Mirz’s party.

Mr. Mirz also says to the city every several weeks, usually on Sunday, to drink coffee with his parents, who recently moved to a large house. His wife, Charlotte Mirz, is the main judge in a local court in the city of Ernsburg, Sawirland, where they live, and they have three children.

The new advisor, who talked about being a young man before he managed matters and going to university, began his political career in 1989 in the European Parliament that was then. He soon moved to Berlin, where the ranks of Christian Democrats climbed, and noticed his leadership and attributes to speak.

In the early first decade of the twentieth century, after losing a struggle for power in front of Mrs. Merkel, Mr. Mirz moved away from politics and started a profession in the corporate law, and advised the agents who wanted to create their business in Germany. Mr. Mirz worked on multiple councils, including the American Investment Company, Black Rock, before returning to politics after Mrs. Merkel announced her retirement.

During his campaign, Mr. Mirz tried to take advantage of the yearning until a time when the German economy was prosperous, the infrastructure was new and the bureaucracy worked.

But the challenges made for him, taking a lot of his attention.

Although he ranked first in the February elections, Mr. Mirz’s options were limited because the party was a bad performance. He only had one reasonable partner in the coalition, social democrats, who led the previous unpopular government and set a record level in their party in February.

To secure their votes for military spending and more, Mr. Mirz handed over an unusually large number of cabinet positions to his novice partner. He has eased his migration plans, including his promise to refuse asylum seekers at the border.

Mr. Mirz has expressed his hope to encourage a positive relationship with Mr. Trump, but the allies say he has become increasingly polite due to a series of American administration. These promises included the decline in American forces in Europe and the speech of Vice Vice President JD Vance in Munich, where the Europeans attacked “freedom of expression” and warned them not to stop marginalizing the parties such as AFD.

Mr. Mirz was also astonished by wearing the clothes that Mr. Trump gave and Mr. Vans Folodimir Zelinski, Ukrainian president and his colleague in the Oval Office. “In my opinion, this was not a spontaneous reaction to Zelinski’s comments, but rather an intended escalation of tensions during the meeting in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Mirz at that time.

Mr. Mirz has increasingly pushed against the Trump administration, and the Germans warned that they should take responsibility for their security. “Do you seriously think that the US government will agree to continue NATO as it was before?” He asked legislators in March.

Even many of those who criticized the driving method of Mr. Mirz agreed to his position towards the United States.

“I really understand how the global situation has changed and changed in the United States,” said Mr. Bolins, former Secretary -General of Mr. Mirz. “He is a strong supporter of the Atlantic relations, and he will definitely try to preserve all relations between Germany, Europe and the United States as much as he can. But he is not subject to delusions about the difficulty of the next task.”

Tatiana Versova It contributed to the reports from Berlin.