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Friedrich Merz, Germany's potential Chancellor, has pledged to prioritize competitiveness amid financial market turmoil caused by US tariffs. This comes after a poll showed his conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany party drawing level for the first time. Merz is under pressure from party members and voters to resist concessions in coalition talks. He previously pushed through a constitutional amendment to allow debt of up to a trillion euros.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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