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CDU: Merz’ enger Berater: Der freundliche Herr Frei
Thorsten Frei ist einer der wichtigsten Vertrauten von Friedrich Merz und wird bald einer der mächtigsten Männer des Landes sein. Das hat auch mit einer besonderen Begabung des früheren Oberbürgermeisters von Donaueschingen zu tun.

Thorsten Frei steht kurz vor dem nächsten Karrieresprung.
dpa/Tobias Koch
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