Friedrich Merz calls for US to ‘stay out’ of German politics

<p>Germany’s new chancellor issued warning after far-right AfD received strong backing from Donald Trump allies</p><p>Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned the US to “stay out” of his country’s politics after the far-right AfD received strong backing from allies of the US president, Donald Trump.</p><p>Merz, 69, a conservative who was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/friedrich-merz-suffers-shock-defeat-in-german-parliament-vote-for-chancellor">elected as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy earlier in the day</a>, also said he planned to speak by phone with Trump on Thursday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/friedrich-merz-warns-the-us-to-stay-out-of-germanys-politics">Continue reading...</a>