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Merz clearly thinks the US is throwing Ukraine to the wolves and providing weaponry for Ukraine would strengthen its hand,
Timothy Less, senior adviser for geopolitics at Cambridge University’s Centre for Risk Studies, told Al Jazeera After [President] Donald Trump’s remarks last week … it is clear that this government does not care much about the fate of Europe,
said Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in a televised discussion on election night Europe stepping up its defence game wouldn’t weaken NATO; it would strengthen the alliance, boost transatlantic ties, and improve cooperation,
Without real budget muscle behind it, Merz’s rhetoric is just noise,
We will immediately stop that part of migration that comes from family reunification,
It is a big mistake to pay for not working, and to give others not the best incentives to come back to the labour market,
he told the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos last month Once the EU public grasps the staggering financial cost of propping up Ukraine’s war effort and the long-term danger of pushing Russia into tighter alliances with China, North Korea, and Iran, they’ll demand the war ends,
Demetries Grimes, a former naval commander and US attache to Greece and Israel, told Al Jazeera I can’t trust him any more,
Scholz said after the vote The real issue isn’t autonomy for its own sake – it’s about boosting deterrence,
I take Merz’s comments on independence from the US as a serious statement about his and Germany’s support for a stronger Europe,
The world will not wait for us. We must now rapidly regain our ability to act,
emphasized CDU leader Friedrich Merz on the eve of his election victory Germany must once again assume a leading role in Europe — not from the top down, but with France, with Poland, with a strong European Union,
said Carsten Linnemann, the CDU's general secretary, during the election campaign If it is destroyed, that would not only be detrimental to Europe, it would also be detrimental to America,
Merz said on Monday at the CDU party headquarters in Berlin The message must be very clear: Europe is united and unified,
So that we are once again present in Europe, and internationally: Germany will be reliably governed again."
he wants to form a new federal government by Easter if possible, i.e. by mid-April [In ... In addition] Germany seems to have avoided the worst-case scenarios of a minority government, and that the rise of AfD is contained,
he added, referring to the far-right Alternative for Germany party This minimizes the risk of coalition deadlock forcing Germany to abstain or change its vote on short notice in Brussels negotiations. On the other hand, Merz will likely clash with the European Commission on issues such as climate and migration,
For me, the absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the United States,
Merz said Sunday, after the CDU/CSU scored around 29% of votes The German people have made a choice, and now they need to put together the government,
she said as foreign ministers gathered For now, there is no substitute to US presence in Europe, to US capabilities that we simply lack. Even if we start spending [...] 5% right now this year for our defense needs, we cannot build those capabilities even in five or 10 years,
he told DW in Brussels on Monday
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