Michaela Kuefner
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Chief Political Editor @dwnews. Speaking to German policy makers non-stop, so you know what Germany will do next. Podcast Host "Berlin Briefing".
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German Government presents sweeping reform package: - scraps many corporate reporting requirements - cuts job security - cuts taxes for low and medium incomes while raising top income taxes Asked about impact on China policy, Merz stressed Germany "must become more competitive" but will "defend itself" against unfair trade practices and rare earth dependencies.
Michaela Kuefner230,147 次观看 • 10 天前
California Governor Gavin Newsom tells Europeans "they’ve been played" by Trump. Heading into the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos he says Europeans "need to stand tall, stand firm, stand united!" "This is not diplomacy, it‘s stupidity!" Trump to speak at WEF tomorrow.
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Breaking🚨: Merz says "disillusioned" with US and Israel over Iran. "At this point I am disillusioned simply because the US and Israel claimed at the beginning that they could solve this problem within days. Now I must recognize: It is not solved." Said Germany and EU also have "own European ideas on how to get to a resolution of the conflict." Will continue own diplomatic efforts in coordination with US. This was the second public criticism of US by Merz in one day. Earlier Merz said about US in Iran: "an entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership".
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I am told Trump listened and recognized that Putin is now in a weaker position than before at G7 exchange on Ukraine. Merz and Zelenskyy meet 1:1 right after the full session with Trump. Merz sees a "window opening" he said before. Both ignore reporter question on more patriots for 🇺🇦.
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Merz announces renewed bid by Germany to run for a non permanent UN Security Council seat in 2035/36. This comes days after Germany’s bruising defeat against Austria and Portugal in the vote. This time wants to avoid competing bids within Western European group, Merz says.
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Merz departs for India 🇮🇳. Shared interest with Modi: New partnerships in the face of Trump and China. ➖Do not expect: Joint statement on Greenland! 😬 ➕Expect: Confidential talks on US, Russia, China, Ukraine, Iran Defence 'roadmap' 🇩🇪 Submarine and 🇪🇺 trade deal progress?!
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Merz compares Russia‘s aggression against Ukraine to Hitler‘s 1938 annexation of Austria + parts of Czechoslovakia. Appeasement didn‘t work. Priorities: - support 🇺🇦 - keep 🇪🇺 together including 🇬🇧 - keep NATO going - bolster defence 🇩🇪 economic recovery precondition for all.
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Will Merz send German troops to 🇺🇦 ? "Yes or no" far right AfD MP asks at Chancellor‘s question time. Merz: "Will not repeat mistake of 2014 and leave Ukraine exposed to Russia without security guarantees." Let me translate: »Yes if necessary, but public debate could be toxic.«
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Germany agrees to Turkish demand that Kurdish militia groups in Syria must be disarmed. Following talks with Turkish FM Hakan Fidan, Germany’s Baerbock stresses Kurds must also live in security. Warns against harming Syria‘s territorial integrity = any Turkish military action.
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Merz tight-lipped on Witkoff visit to meet Zelenskyy/European leaders in Berlin during speech just now. His crushingly negative outlook on the "tectonic" power shifts that leave Germany and Europe home alone earned him standing ovations at conservative CSU party in Bavaria.
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On plane to Paris: Newly elected Chancellor Merz to talk defence and trade policy and coordinate approach to US on first trip to Paris and Warsaw. Ukraine features large. Sees UK PM Starmer as key ally. Due to have first phone call with Trump Thursday. No US travel plans yet.
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🇩🇪 Merz and 🇨🇦 Carney hold bilateral at G7. "We can shake hands, we can do anything you want!" Carney tells photographers. A lot of the time this is all the direct access we journalists get to the meetings. It is the delegation briefings afterwards that deliver the actual content.
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German FM Annalena Baerbock’s plane did not even touch the ground in Cyprus to avoid illegally traveling directly from Israel to Lebanon. Here’s the moment the plane did a "low pass" at Larnaca airport. I asked the pilots when they would otherwise do it: "Only at air shows."
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Meet Germany‘s soon first State Premier with migrant roots. Green Cem Özdemir just narrowly won the elections in the auto making hub Baden-Württemberg. I caught up with him last night to talk his recipe against the far right AfD and what it means to be the son of migrant workers.
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Geopolitical Six - Seven 6 out of G7 leaders have "different view" on Trump‘s decision to partially suspend oil sanctions on Russia. Merz recites THAT G7 call with Trump after sanctions decision caught other 6 by "surprise". 🇩🇪 Chancellor Merz, 🇳🇴 PM Søre and 🇨🇦 PM Carney in 🇳🇴 try to project unity and resolve as Trump undermines their efforts to put more pressure on Russia. At NATO maneuver "Cold Response".
Michaela Kuefner38,468 次观看 • 4 个月前
Merz just told Putin "Europeans will decide ourselves" who speaks for Europe in any negations. This would "require willingness to talk from both sides" but latest attacks on Ukraine "speak a different language." Charlemagne Prize laudatio in for Mario Draghi, fmr ECB president.
Michaela Kuefner15,125 次观看 • 1 个月前
Merz speaks of an international law "dilemma" over Iran, unwilling to "lecture" the US and Israel. Mild criticism that the military action is "not without risk" and that there is no plan for "day one" after the fighting. My full analysis at the end of Merz‘ soundbite:
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