Merz Taps Corporate Germany as Cabinet Starts to Take Shape
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Germany’s Christian Democratic Union named two executives as cabinet ministers to serve under conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, filling key positions with business experts as the new government faces pressure to revive growth.
Merz’s CDU nominated Katherina Reiche — a utility executive — for the economy and energy portfolio, and Karsten Wildberger, the chief executive officer of consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy AG, as head of a new department for digitalization and modernization of the state.