Merz plans call with Trump on Thursday
Friedrich Merz urged the United States to “stay out of” Germany’s politics after criticism from senior members of President Donald Trump’s administration regarding Berlin’s classification of the AfD as a “confirmed right-wing extremist” party.
Merz was speaking to German broadcaster ZDF after he was elected chancellor.
He said he plans to speak on the phone to Trump on Thursday.
Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis. Follow DW for more. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as new chancellor in the second round of voting in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament.
Merz’s failure to win enough support earlier today was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a candidate missed a majority in the first round of voting.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) had demanded he step aside and called for fresh elections.
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