Friedrich Merz At least at speech level, take a significant break to the current US administration and start seeking more sturdy European cooperation, especially in defense.
“My absolute priority is to strengthen Europe as soon as possible so that we can step by step to reach independence from the United States,” Merz stated late on Sunday evening.
As expected, Merz’s Right Party CDU/CSU won the German Bundestag, collecting about 30 % support. It is in the government negotiations, at least when the majority government is formed, when Merz has excluded AFD, an election winner of far -right and Russian -minded positions.
“I would never have believed”
Merz has emphasized that the government should be quickly assembled because the world does not expect. By this, he refers to Russia’s threat on the one hand and that the current US administration cannot be trusted.
“I would never have thought I would say this on a television program, but at the latest Donald Trump After last week’s statements, it is clear that Americans, at least this part of the Americans, this administration, are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe, ”Merz said.
He compared the way Moscow and the United States intervene in the affairs of another country.
“I have no illusions about what is happening in America. Look Elon Muskin Recent tangling in the election campaign – it is unique. Washington’s interventions were no less dramatic, outrageous and fierce than Moscow. We have such a huge pressure from two directions that my absolute priority is now indeed to create European unity. “
The conclusion of Merz is thus clear: Europe has to get along on its own. According to him, it would also be a precaution if NATO breaks down.
Divided German
Merz begins to assemble a government in a country that seems to be still divided into west and east. In the west, the power party is CDU while AfD won In the eastern part, almost every constituency.
German demarians suffered a significant loss of more than nine percentage points. Chancellor of Chancellor Olaf Scholz reported that he was not going to participate in the government negotiations. One of the successor Scholz to replace SPD is the Minister of Defense Boris Pistoriuswho stated that he was ready to negotiate with the CDU with the Board if the SPD decides to go to the negotiations.
Die Linke on the left of the SPD attracted nearly nine percent support for one of the winners, while the Greens’ support melted three percentage points, less than 12 %.
The BSW of the Patients finally was under the sound threshold, as was the Liberal Party FDP.