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Merz gets warm welcome from Trump at the Oval Office
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Merz gets warm welcome from Trump at the Oval Office

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa Pool/dpa German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sought to strengthen ties, including better cooperation on trade issues, with the United States during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. "We are having so much in common our history. We owe the Americans a lot. We will never forget that," Merz said during a press briefing with Trump in the Oval Office in Washington, referring in part to Trump's German heritage.  Trump flattered his guest, calling him a "very respected man." "We're going to have a great relationship with your country," the US president said. During his meeting with Trump, the t...
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Germany’s Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat
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Germany’s Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat

Acting Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz during the second round of Chancellor election. Merz failed the first round of voting in the Bundestag.Credit: Christoph Soeder/dpa German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday, hours after suffering a humiliating defeat in a first round of voting on an extraordinary day in Berlin. Merz secured the necessary absolute majority to succeed outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the second round of voting, receiving 325 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. The earlier failure was a major embarrassment for Merz, who became the first candidate to fall at the final hurdle to becoming chancellor i...
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Merz admits ‘deviation’ from promise not to work with the far-right
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Merz admits ‘deviation’ from promise not to work with the far-right

Friedrich Merz, Chairman and top candidate for chancellor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) greets supporters during an election campaign event at the Schinkelhalle.Credit: Carsten Koall/dpa The conservative bloc's candidate for German chancellor admitted on Tuesday that his move to get a parliamentary motion passed with backing from the far-right AfD was a "deviation" from what he had agreed with two key parties running the government. "I know that, of course, this was a deviation from what I had offered the rest of the coalition ... shortly after it had fallen apart," Friedrich Merz said at an election campaign event in Potsdam. Merz, the candidate for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party CSU, said he had promised the Social Democrats (SPD) an...
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Germany’s Scholz praises hostages release, demands two-state solution
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Germany’s Scholz praises hostages release, demands two-state solution

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Potsdam direct candidate for the German Bundestag election, speaks at the election arena of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) on the topics of good work, a strong economy, and social security in Potsdam's Schinkelhalle.Credit: Christoph Soeder/dpa German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday praised the release of three more Israeli hostages, while again demanding a two-state solution for Israel and a future state of Palestine.  "It is good that more hostages have now been released, including one with a connection to a German citizen," said Scholz in the eastern German city of Potsdam.  One of the three men released by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday under the terms of the Gaza ceasefire deal is the husband of a Germa...
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