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Germany’s Merz ‘shocked’ by far-right state win but vows to stay course
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his shock over his party’s electoral defeat by the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt but remains committed to reform policies. Merz emphasized the need to better communicate these reforms to the…
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