Merz on tour: A first look at his plans in Lower Saxony!

Merz on tour: A first look at his plans in Lower Saxony!

Hannover, Deutschland - On July 22, 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) will pay his first visit to the entrance in Lower Saxony, after which he was already on tour in Bavaria. The visit to Hanover is accompanied by Prime Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) and is part of a tour of all 16 federal states. Merz has decided to intensify the contact with the base and tackle the most pressing topics that move the country.

in Hanover, Merz will meet for the first time with the members of the state cabinet in the Lower Saxony State Chancellery. He then visits Volkswagen, where he will find out about the technique of autonomous driving. A hotly discussed topic during his visit will be the burden on Volkswagen's US business through tariffs-a topic that Merz already addressed in his previous talks, such as when he visited US President Donald Trump. There he pointed out the importance of an agreement in the customs negotiations in order to minimize the challenges for German companies, as Germany Funk.

an insight into the medical university

After visiting Volkswagen, Merz will visit the Hannover Medical School (MHH). Here he will learn more about the "Resist" excellence cluster, which deals with the protection of people who are susceptible to infections. This is shown by Merz ’commitment to health research and improving medical care in Germany.

Despite the conflict -loaded weeks within the coalition, Merz does not express any concerns about a crisis. "We have to tackle and be ready to find solutions," he summarizes his attitude. He also leaves the possibility of new candidates for the election of judges and defends the EU position in the customs dispute with the USA. His goal is to reach an agreement before August 1st, while an EU team is on the way to the USA to drive the negotiations.

strategic discussions at European level

At an EU summit in Brussels, Merz called for urgent and rapid customs negotiations. He is very important to make Germany a driving force in the EU again. At a meeting of 21 of the 27 EU member countries, he spoke about the need for a stricter migration policy and deepened the discussion about returning centers for rejected asylum seekers. In this context, Merz speaks of a "migration turn" that affects many European countries, as Tagetchau.

In addition, Merz is urging a trade agreement with the USA quickly, since the pressure due to the high level of customs increases of up to 50% on certain products such as cars, steel and aluminum can already be felt. Merz does everything possible to improve the situation for the German economy, while the EU Commission is preparing possible counter-tariffs.