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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Hillary Clinton arrives by train from Berlin for the Munich Security Conference, MSC. Germany experience so far: No hassle from people asking about those files. No hot drinks because of a power failure in the bistro for half the trip.

When you are the official guest of India‘s prime minister you will see the photo your staff handed in a lot….. The whole city is covered in more photographs of German Chancellor Merz than I had seen in my whole life before. 🇮🇳 Here a common courtesy - to us: intense.

NATO Summit in DC also means Canadian PM Justin Trudeau hops out of a car right in front of as you walk to your first live.

28-Point 🇺🇦 peace plan negotiations in Geneva over - for now. Several points dropped. Revised document now reviewed in Washington, Kyiv and among Europeans. 🇪🇺 Commission President Ursula vdLeyen arrives for pre- EU - African Union consultations in Luanda. Many EU leaders here.

Questions not welcome. Merz didn’t take a single on-the-record question from a journalist during his first official trip to China. Merkel always did, so did Scholz. Merz did sit down for almost 1h Q&amp;A off the record after political talks with President Xi. Changing times.

Modi greets Merz at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmadabat. A rare honour ahead of dicey talks at the beginning of Merz‘ first official visit.

"We will not repeat the mistakes of the past, we will no longer be dependent on Russia." EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen 🇩🇰 stresses at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg. Key wind and hydrogen agreements signed here to create energy independence asap.

German FM Wadephul and Ukraine FM Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 emerge from bilateral meeting at Munich Security Conference. 🇩🇪 now de-facto Ukraine‘s largest supporter on weapons and aid. Joint challenge: Keep Trump committed to NATO and get US to include Europe in Ukraine 🇺🇦talks again.

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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.

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.

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?!

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.«

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is "very much concerned" over Ukraine after Trump partially lifted oil sanctions against Russia. Pistorius says drying up Russian oil revenues is the only way to get Putin to the negotiation table "this is the opposite."

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.

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.

Merz departs for his first official trip to Israel - via Jordan. Relations with Netanyahu were tense at times over Gaza. Merz imposed and again dropped a weapons export ban. Main mission: no public tension.

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.

Merz says Trump‘s MAGA style treatment of media and culture in the US is "not our concept of democracy". This criticism is new in both, scope and detail. Repeats to crowd in Rhineland-Palatinate 🗳️ campaign rally: "The MAGA movement is not our movement".

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.

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.

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."

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:

Indian PM Modi greeted German Chancellor Merz at Sabarmati Ashram, the former home of Mahatma Gandhi. A rare honour as the starting point for his 2-day visit. Here‘s what to expect from the official talks on these tricky subjects: Greenland, Russia, China, US and trade.

Merz‘ CDU Party just couldn’t stop applauding when he introduced star guest Angela Merkel. First time she appears at her CDU Party‘s conference since leaving office. Merz to get re-elected as conservative CDU Party leader later today. Last time 89,81% Anything below 85% is bad

Breaking: Second round of voting with Merz as candidate for Chancellor to take place at 15:15 CET. "I call on all to live up to this responsibility." Conservative CDU Chief Whip Jens Spahn warns. Clearly he means the 18! Coalition MPs who refused to give Merz their vote.

Questions not welcome. Merz didn’t take a single on-the-record question from a journalist during his first official trip to China. Merkel always did, so did Scholz. Merz did sit down for almost 1h Q&A off the record after political talks with President Xi. Changing times.