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Our goal is a Germany and a Europe that are so strong together that we never have to use our weapons,
This is appropriate for Europe's most populous and economically powerful country,
The government will provide all the financial resources that the Bundeswehr needs in order to become the strongest conventional army in Europe,
It is of paramount importance that the political West does not allow itself to be divided,
the conservative Merz told parliament in his first major address as chancellor Strengthening the Bundeswehr is our top priority,
And therefore I will make every effort to continue to achieve the greatest possible unity between our European and American partners,
he added, after two recent phone calls with US President Donald Trump We continue to vigorously support the attacked country Ukraine,
It is a humanitarian obligation on all parties (...) and I stress, on all parties – that famine in the region be averted as soon as possible,
Europe expects something from us,
Merz said in his first policy speech to parliament, and promised We will do everything to get Germany's economy back on the course of growth,
Strength deters aggression. Weakness, on the other hand, invites aggression,
Merz said in his first statement to the Bundestag as chancellor, laying out his coalition government's priorities, Die Zeit reported Russia has broken all the rules that have governed our coexistence in Europe since the end of World War II, and especially since overcoming the division of Europe,
We must be able to defend ourselves so that we don't have to. Strength deters aggressors. Weakness invites them."
Reaffirming Germany's commitment to NATO, Merz stated We need to work more and, above all, more efficiently in this country,
Your response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine was pioneering — and historic. For that, you have the thanks and recognition of this House and our entire country."
Merz addressed Scholz personally Let's give businesses and workers more trust, more freedom, and less bureaucracy,
Such a ceasefire can open a window in which peace negotiations become possible,
This terrible war and its outcome will not only determine the fate of Ukraine,
I have German in my blood,
he said during a 2019 meeting with Angela Merkel as the then-chancellor reacted with a look of amusement at that phrasing I’ve invited him to Germany, to visit his ancestral town,
Merz said at a business summit in Berlin
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