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Scholz is asked about German boots on ground in Ukraine. Suggests only desirable as part of OECD or UN mission.

@ecfr Merz is asked about coming coalition talks: - says he wants a government by Easter (April 20) - restates that ideally wants a two-part government

@ecfr Latest projection has BSW just back under 5%. FDP *seems* to be out of the game.

@ecfr But BSW participation would still make all the difference. No BSW: CDU/CSU-SPD coalition works. BSW at/above 5%: Tripartite coalition or minority government the only options.

Latest projection: FDP out but BSW still *just* below 5%. Germany teetering between a two- and three-party government.

@robinalexander_ Green co-leader @fbanaszak confirms that party would be open for Kenya 🇰🇪(CDU/CSU-SPD-Green) coalition talks.

@JeremyCliffe I was a die-hard Atlanticist until ten days ago too. Now we know that Pax Americana is over and only Europe with Ukraine can save Europe and Ukraine.

@JeremyCliffe @noclador Trump doing a great job loosing US influence all over the world.

@JeremyCliffe @mathieuvonrohr Let's see and wait. Only Germany, France and Poland can pull this off. The UK are America's mole and need to be seen as an enemy state on par with Russia&the US!

@JeremyCliffe @mathieuvonrohr Learned during the campaign: Merz promises a lot, then wiggles out of it - using same/similar rhetorik tricks like Trump's minions

@JeremyCliffe NATO will go on, post Trump. Maybe renamed, reconstituted, but the spirit of collective deterrence is stronger now than ever.

@JeremyCliffe The fact that even European Conservatives think that American Conservatives are nuts and dangerous should make Trump and co think - but it won’t .

@JeremyCliffe @Mij_Europe At one european leader who is looking the beast in the eyes and not living in a dream world.

@JeremyCliffe I hope he lays that realism out on Starmer, who seems delusional about Trump and the US.

@JeremyCliffe @mathieuvonrohr Because the US is killing the #PaxAmericana for no reason whatsoever

Merz now says Musks interference into German elections were outrageous. Firm and clear here.

„Wird schwierig, Abstimmungen zu machen, bei denen man nicht die AfD-Zustimmung will“ https://t.co/pxkhg8Wd3o

Here's where we are: - FDP (& Lindner) out - BSW on the cusp of 5%, too close to call - if no BSW, Union + SPD have a (uncomfortably small) majority - if BSW makes it, CSU must swallow its pride and accept a Union-SPD-Green "Kenya" govt - (and a ghoulish AfD-Linke-BSW opposition)

Alleen Union of zelfs CDU zou ook best kunnen. Als andere, niet tot landverraad neigend partijen zo'n regering, in voortdurende dialoog, maar een kans zouden willen geven.

Im Osten der Republik ist die AfD mittlerweile vielerorts unangefochten stärkste Kraft. In Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen liegt die extreme Rechte klar vorn. Einzig in der Hauptstadt zeigt sich ein anderes Bild.https://t.co/TEyrGcuDrO

Juist. Realistisch. En hoopvol. Van Duitsland, onder het leiderschap van Merz, moeten we het hebben,

Een Europees leger is géén goed idee, legde ik uit op een vraag van @TijsvandenBrink Dan zouden NL soldaten uitgezonden worden door het Europees Parlement (of de Commissie). En de EU landen zijn het geopolitiek bepaald niet eens. Goede samenwerking is wel noodzakelijk.

Friedrich Merz und die CDU konnten die Wähler nicht wirklich überzeugen. Unsere Datenanalyse zeigt, warum sie dennoch gewonnen haben. https://t.co/hlTSE77Jd6