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I did not interfere in the American election campaign and take sides for one or the other,
Merz told public broadcaster ZDF in a TV interview Together, we are even bigger than the U.S.,
Merz said, speaking of the European Union Merz has a deep knowledge of the world of finance and the economy, which is something that brings him closer to Macron,
the Reuters news agency quoted a French official as saying I would hope for some common leadership in Europe,
a Polish government source told Reuters There is a real risk to the government’s ability to pass difficult economic reforms, and make those really big investments in defence and infrastructure,
says Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform The country has had a good handle on what its problems are, but the system hasn’t had the capacity to tackle them head-on,
The American tariffs are going to hit Germany really hard,
The European Commission projections are telling you that the German working-age population is not going to grow over the next five years, so Germany would need to get its workforce working longer hours, and to increase the participation of older workers and female workers,
says Charles Seville, an analyst at Fitch I’m cautiously optimistic, in part because Germany has the fiscal space, unlike most Western economies,
It doesn’t mark a great start to a new government, if you fail for the first time in history to vote in the chancellor in the first round,
says Oliver Rakau, chief Germany economist at Oxford Economics Clearly there is some dissatisfaction that Merz will have to deal with,
The prospects for Germany are not that bright,
There are wider concerns about Merz’s not-very-strong grip on his party,
After years of internal bickering and political navel-gazing under the previous government, what's needed now is German leadership that doesn't just observe European policy, but helps shape it,
said Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations think-tank The failure of this ballot is a kind of thunderbolt,
said Valérie Hayer, chair of the liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament and a close ally of Macron What’s needed now is a credible German contribution to Europe’s deterrence posture [against Russia],
Kiesewetter told POLITICO Germany was once considered a pillar of stability,
They’re probably thinking in scenarios,
Dominik Tolksdorf, a transatlantic expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations, said of Merz’s talks with his European counterparts We sincerely hope that Germany will grow even stronger, ... and that we’ll see more German leadership in European and transatlantic affairs.”
the Ukraine president said It is good that Germany now has a federal government with a parliamentary majority again,
he added, pledging his centrist
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