“If (in Europe) we are united, they will respect us. If we are divided, no one will take us seriously,” said the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz, ahead of the inauguration, on Monday, of the new US president, Donald Trump, and spoke of “the last call for action”. “There is no reason to look with fear to Washington now,” said Mr. Mertz after the end of the meeting of the leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Berlin and emphasized that “when we are determined, when we agree, we also have something to say”. Europe has more inhabitants than the US and Canada combined, the CDU leader added, but at the same time highlighted the need for EU member states to further strengthen themselves in the defense sector. “This is what we have to do anyway, regardless of whether the government in America changes or not. The pressure will probably be a bit more, but we should definitely look at it as […]
Source: News Beast
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