Vice President JD Vance recently said in Germany: “We have a new sheriff in town,” referring to President Donald Trump in Washington. But is there also now a new sheriff in Berlin? Some might think so.

I’m talking about Friedrich Merz (CDU) who is to become the new German Chancellor, replacing the deeply unsuccessful Olaf Scholz (SPD). Trump congratulated Merz, and so did many other leaders. Trump also congratulated the AfD, as some other populist leaders on the right did as well. In Germany’s election last Sunday, the AfD reached a strong second place [one of five Germans voted for it], so that the CDU and the AfD would hold enough seats for a majority in Parliament. But Merz said he would not enter into a coalition with the “far-right” AfD.

Meaning, “the legacy globalist-right conservative Christian Democrats” would have to enter into a “grand” coalition with the left-leaning SPD to be able to rule Germany… the same SPD which under Scholz has been largely responsible for the terrible demise Germany is in.

In an insightful article following the election, Breitbart wrote on February 24:

“But as Germany experienced in the Angela Merkel era of such grand coalitions between left and right, ultimately, the government is dragged left — very left — as the junior partners hold the senior hostage with the threat that they can, at any moment, collapse the government if not indulged…”

So will Merz, in time, stick to or abandon his pledge to uphold the “firewall” or “Brandmauer” against the AfD? The AfD is open to a coalition with the CDU. In fact, the AfD stated in the past that Merz is even more right-wing than they are. They also state now that the CDU has effectively adopted most of the AfD’s manifesto in order to attract voters who might otherwise have voted for the AfD. Merz, it is stated, thereby shifted his party to the right, abandoning Angela Merkel’s politics.

Merz’s victory has been described as “one of the most remarkable comebacks in recent political history,” and Merz was referred to as “a corporate king in conservative clothing.” It has been known that Merz has long represented the interests of some of the world’s most powerful corporate and financial elites, most notably BlackRock in Germany until 2020. Germany will become the first country to be ruled by a former BlackRock official. BlackRock profits from sectors including pharmaceuticals, entertainment, media and, of course, war. BlackRock is the biggest asset management corporation in the world, which controls some $6.3 trillion in assets — twice Germany’s gross domestic product. 

As first and foremost a businessman, Merz’s victory, we are told, will be celebrated in the boardrooms of BlackRock and other major corporations, granting them unprecedented control of Europe’s largest economy.

What political views does Merz have? Actually, this is very difficult to decipher. During a debate shortly before the election, Merz asked rhetorically whether people would continue to talk about NATO in its “current form” rather than about establishing an “independent European defense capability.”

Merz has been described as anti-American and anti-Trump. He said: “The EU must not come to Washington as a dwarf — because then it will be treated as one.” He also noted that America’s intervention in German elections was as brazen as Russia’s intervention. He sharply criticized Donald Trump’s administration and urged Europe to distance itself from Washington during a post-election panel.

But is this an accurate picture which really describes Merz’s position? It has been suggested that any disagreements in public would largely be a façade, as Trump’s and Merz’s interests and visions are allegedly similar. Merz aligned with the US on issues such as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, calling for the project’s cancellation long before the escalation of the Ukraine crisis. There may be disagreements as to how to deal with Russia and Ukraine… but we know from prophecy that both countries will unite in the end. Trump and Merz want Europe to spend more—a lot more—on defense, and both support the global “corporate elite.”

From a philosophical standpoint, Merz and the AfD are much more similar than Merz and the SPD. Will the push of the SPD in a grand coalition become so unbearable that the Germans will demand a dramatic change… which will ultimately end up in a coalition between the two right-wing parties?

Merz also made clear that he wants to become the conservative leader of Europe—thereby challenging Merkel’s protégée, Ursula von der Leyen. Will America’s withdrawal from European affairs give Germany, perhaps under Merz, the opportunity to become much more influential in Europe? Is Merz going to be used as an architect in that regard to allow end-time prophecy to develop in due course?

We will have to see how all of this will play out.