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Friedrich Merz begins unannounced Kyiv visit as Russia continues strikes on Ukraine’s capital – Europe live | Europe
Opening summary Good morning and welcome to our Europe live blog, I’m Frances Mao. We begin in Kyiv where one…
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Germany’s Merz ‘grateful’ centre-left SPD wants to stay in coalition after CDU’s heavy losses – Europe live | Europe
Germany’s Merz ‘grateful’ centre-left SPD wants to remain in coalition German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that he is grateful…
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Far-right AfD celebrate ‘dream result’ in key German state as Merz reportedly holds crisis talks – Europe live | Germany
Chancellor Merz hosts crisis talks after AfD’s win, reports say Meanwhile, Bild newspaper is reporting that chancellor Friedrich Merz has…
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Macron hosts Zelenskyy, Starmer and Merz for Ukraine talks – Europe live | World news
Morning open: Focus on Ukraine Yakup Krupa French president Emmanuel Macron will host the Coalition of the Willing in Paris…
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Merz backs plans to raise Germany’s retirement age to 70 in pension changes | Germany
Germany will gradually raise the retirement age to 70 In line with recommendations promoted by Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the…
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Merz ‘not giving up on working with Trump’ despite Iran war spat | Germany
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he will not give up working with US President Donald Trump despite the debate…
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Trump pulls 5,000 US troops out of Germany in stunning rebuke to Europe amid clash with Chancellor Merz
The Pentagon announced Friday that it will withdraw 5,000 troops from Donald Trump’s NATO ally Germany as the dispute between…
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US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US ‘humiliated’ by Iran | Trump administration
The Pentagon announced on Friday that the United States would withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany, while Donald Trump also threatened…
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US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz
The decision to reduce the US deployment to Germany comes amid a dispute between the two allies over Iran.
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Trump threatens to pull NATO troops from Germany after Merz criticised Iran war | World | News
In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, April 29, Trump said: “The United States is investigating and reviewing the…
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