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Merz Criticises EU and Vows to Pull Germany Out of Recession

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz revealed his top priorities for the next three years and delivered sharp criticism to the EU.

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Before taking a few days of summer rest, the German chancellors called for the traditional summer meeting with the Berlin press, ninety minutes in which they submitted themselves to all kinds of questions. Their predecessors, Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz , let go of their hair on this date, with particularly distended statements and a more informal tone. And, since Friedrich Merz is of a much more relaxed verb than they usually do, a headline f…

·Spain
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"That's why we're trying to correct this: Chancellor Merz makes it clear that his predecessor Merkel had not fulfilled her promise "We're doing this." Surprisingly, he clearly rejects the President of the Commission from Leyen's push for future EU funding.

·Dortmund, Germany
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"The turn has begun," says the Federal Chancellor. At his first summer press conference, Merz talks about domestic politics - and becomes particularly clear on foreign policy issues such as Israel, Russia and the EU.

·Bonn, Germany
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“We can only resolve irregular migration in the long term if it is within the EU as a whole, and that's why we are also campaigning in Europe for joint decisions,” said Friedrich Merz, at a press conference in Berlin. “What we are currently doing in Germany will only work for a limited time, we know that (...), but we have to do it until there is better protection of Europe's external borders”, he stressed. Merz also said that Germany is willing…

·Portugal
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Milan, 18 Jul. (askanews) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that, although Germany aims to be an "attractive country for immigrants" to fill the serious shortage of labour, it must not "subtract" its cities with "irregular immigration." The Merz government tries to give a tough line on immigration, since the issue has risen at the level of the political agenda in parallel with the rise of the extreme right party Alternative for Germany (Af…

·Italy
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