Merz visits France, Poland after bumpy start to leadership

China Daily

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On his first full day as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz flew to Paris and Warsaw, stepping up efforts to bring peace to Europe exactly 80 years after the end of the second World War.
Irish Times
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Less than a day after scrambling to get enough votes in parliament to secure his job, Merz visited France and Poland in a high profile start to his term when he will have the threat of the Ukraine war, transatlantic tensions and domestic worries over the far-right to tackle.
International Business Times
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Germany tightened security at the southern borders with Austria and the Czech Republic and announced similar measures for the western borders.
Deutsche Welle
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For their first public exchange on Wednesday, May 7, in Paris, the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and French president Emmanuel Macron, took genuine pleasure in staging their initial engagement.
Le Monde

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