Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, emphasised a priority to strengthen Europe in order to achieve “independence” from the USA, following his center-right alliance’s victory in the parliamentary elections held amid shifting relations between the two sides of the Atlantic. Friedrich Merz criticised the “ultimately outrageous” comments coming from Washington during the campaign, drawing a …

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