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Merkel wishes incoming German chancellor Merz 'good fortune'

NAMPA / DPA
2025-05-01
Berlin (dpa) - Former German chancellor Angela Merkel wished Friedrich Merz, head of the incoming government in Berlin, "good fortune, and also much strength and good comrades" days before the new government takes power next week. Speaking to the Phoenix television on the sidelines of a meeting of Germany's Protestant churches on Thursday, Merkel said that an important requirement for the position of chancellor was to take pleasure in the role. W......
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