Merz stresses importance of food security amid rising global tensions

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2026-01-20

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has highlighted the importance of maintaining domestic food security as the global order is increasingly put to the test by multiplying geopolitical crises. "We can no longer take everything for granted," Merz said while touring the International Green Week, a major food and agriculture trade show in Berlin, on Tuesday. "And against this backdrop it is right to protect businesses, to give them the o......

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