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Hot-button issue: Poll shock for the CDU/CSU - | it is completely dependent on the SPD
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AfD with "first election fraud" in Saxony-Anhalt: Explosive statement by Merz from general debate causes a stir
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Federal coercion! Merz issues a harsh threat against Ulrich Siegmund: The Chancellor is threatening the AfD with an article of the Basic Law that has never been ...
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Paid articlePaywallOpinion“He can be Minister-President”: But one question about Schulze remains, according to FOCUS online's chief correspondent Ulrich Reitz
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OpinionSuddenly more right-wing than the AfD: How an attitude test turns into a disaster
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Key FactsMerz Answers Questions After Bundestag Debate
Jul 9, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: focus.de
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- Bundestag President Julia Klöckner opened the session at 9:01 a.m., followed by speeches from Alice Weidel and then Friedrich Merz in the general debate.
- Merz said asylum applications had fallen by 43 percent in the first half of the year and pointed to successful returns at the borders.
- Merz referred to three personal meetings and several phone calls with Donald Trump and said U.S. military aid for Ukraine would continue, while possible replacement by German assistance was still under review.
- Regarding the nomination of Brosius-Gersdorf, Merz said the decision rested with the Bundestag parliamentary groups and answered yes when asked whether he could vote for her with a clear conscience.
For the people, you are already the lying chancellor, Mr. Merz, whose broken campaign promises fill entire catalogs.— Alice Weidel, AfD parliamentary group leader, during the general debate in the Bundestag
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