Newly (eventually) elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, on his first full day in office, took the time to slam U.S. officials who have voiced concerns about the state of German democracy by citing limitations on free speech and the domestic spy agency’s classification of the country’s currently largest political party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) as “right-wing extremist.”
“These are absurd views of the Federal Republic of Germany,” the chancellor said in an interview with Welt. “I had actually always had the impression that America was very good at clearly distinguishing between extremist parties and parties of the political center.”
“I did not interfere in the American election campaign or take sides for one or the other,” Merz said, suggesting the U.S. government should stay out of domestic German politics.
Merz is planning a telephone call with President Trump on Thursday, and the two will meet in person at the NATO summit in June in The Hague, “if not sooner,” he said. He intends to present the German position, which, he said, is also the European one: “We, as Europeans, have something to offer—together, we are even bigger than the United States of America. … We are capable, we are united—largely at least. That will be my message to the American government.”
The extent of Europe’s unity—and the state of democracy in Germany—are questions frequently and loudly raised by Europeans themselves, without any prompting from the Americans.
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