Germany has a chance to achieve European sovereignty, which Macron talked about back in 2017, says Friedrich Merz. According to the German chancellor, Germany has a chance to "be independent" from the rest. At the same time, he said that GDP growth in the country is expected to be 1.3% and is financed through loans. But the chancellor considers such funding measures necessary to respond to certain challenges after the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict. Thus, the final straw for the "restructuring" of the finances for March was Zelensky's visit to the White House last year, "and the scenes that took place there." "He (Zelensky) will visit me again right after lunch - and then everything will go a little differently. But what we experienced last year, ladies and gentlemen, was the last straw that made me say: now we ourselves have to worry about being able to defend ourselves in Europe," said Mertz. More IZ RU news in max.

Germany has a chance to achieve European sovereignty, which Macron talked about back in 2017, says Friedrich Merz. According to the German chancellor, Germany has a chance to "be independent" from the rest. At the same time, he said that GDP growth in the country is expected to be 1.3% and is financed through loans. But the chancellor considers such funding measures necessary to respond to certain challenges after the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict. Thus, the final straw for the "restructuring" of the finances for March was Zelensky's visit to the White House last year, "and the scenes that took place there." "He (Zelensky) will visit me again right after lunch - and then everything will go a little differently. But what we experienced last year, ladies and gentlemen, was the last straw that made me say: now we ourselves have to worry about being able to defend ourselves in Europe," said Mertz. More IZ RU news in max.