Europe's security trumps debates about my future, Germany's Merz says
Merz said Europe’s security must take priority as 78% of Germans in an INSA poll said they do not think he should be chancellor.
- On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged colleagues to look beyond domestic debates, warning that European security is entering a decisive phase amid his record-low approval ratings.
- The right-wing AfD trounced Merz's conservatives in a state election last week, calling for a 180-degree turn in Germany's policy toward Russia and a restoration of ties with Moscow.
- Municipal elections in Lower Saxony saw the CDU win 27.2% of the vote, yet an INSA poll shows 78% of people oppose Merz as chancellor, with 58% of his own party seeking new leadership.
- Clara von Nathusius, treasurer of the CDU's youth wing, said the party has a credibility problem, telling ARD that "no more elections can be won with this chancellor."
- Facing a sterner test in two more state elections on Sunday, Merz is attempting to convince his party that European security is "much more important than some of the domestic debates we actually have.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Federal Republic of Germany believes that the near future will be extremely important and even decisive for the outcome of the confrontation with Russia.
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