After losing out to Austria and Portugal, politicians and diplomats are debating whether Berlin’s foreign policy messaging cost crucial votes
Germany’s first-ever failure to secure election to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council has ruffled feathers in Berlin.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, who has sought to position himself as a foreign policy-focused leader, insisted that the “result does not alter the tasks we face at the United Nations” and that Germany would remain “a reliable pillar of the multilateral system”.
His comments downplaying the setback have failed to convince his coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD).
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