Germany’s leader calls on US and Europe to ‘repair trans-Atlantic trust’

MUNICH: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Friday for the United States and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together,” arguing that even the US isn’t powerful enough to go it alone in an increasingly tough world. Merz called for a “new trans-Atlantic partnership,” acknowledging that “a divide, a deep rift” has opened up across the Atlantic as he opened the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top global security figures including many European leaders and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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