Merz: Europe must organise defence itself

Its plans are co-operation with the leftist party of the SPD. Merz also asked the US to develop close relations and urged the EU to act very quickly to organise its defence, A2 CNN writes.

“S, along with the 120 countries held by the Social Democrats, our 328 countries from the possible 630 means that we are, of course, in a position to form a government, a red-Z coalition. And that's exactly what we want. I have also received full support from the party leadership and CDU talks will hold talks on the Federal Executive Committee over the coming days. We've already had one or two talks with each other.

In response to statements made in Washington last week, it is clear that we Europeans should be able to act very quickly and that we should also organise our defence skills very quickly. This is an issue that has absolute priority in the coming weeks. We need to talk about this. The second big issue, as you all know, is migration, the unresolved proposal for this migration issue is at our table. I still hope that we can convince Americans that it is in our common interest to continue to have good transatlantic relations. But as always, you have to face the worst scenario. If those who really make their motto only the first America - almost just America - prevails, then it will be difficult. But I remain hopeful that we will succeed in maintaining transatlantic relations”, Merz said.