Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity – live
Most likely next German chancellor warns against rise of far right and says he intends to form new government by Easter
Guten Morgen aus Berlin,
In November 2019, Freidrich Merz joined a conference of German students at Harvard.
From our point of view it can get going very, very quickly. We should hold the first talks this week already, in the coming days.
My impression is that there are many people in the SPD who also see that we can and should do something together, and then we will find compromises.
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