Overview
- Angela Merkel’s office says she will congratulate Chancellor Friedrich Merz with a handwritten note for his 70th birthday.
- She will not attend the CDU/CSU parliamentary reception because she will be in Israel to receive an honorary doctorate from the Weizmann Institute for Science.
- Merkel has received an invitation to the reception, which is planned in the Reichstag’s protocol hall.
- The event is organized for CDU/CSU lawmakers, union state premiers, former parliamentary leaders and members of the Merz family.
- Merz turns 70 on November 11, becoming the first German chancellor over 70 since Konrad Adenauer, and party circles say he also plans private time with family.