section_path: Early political career/Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994)
section_name: Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994)
paragraph_text: Member of the European Parliament (1989–1994)
  
  Merz successfully ran as a candidate in the 1989 European Parliament election and served one term as a Member of the European Parliament until 1994. He was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and of the parliament's delegation for relations with Malta.