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In defense of Germany’s Merz

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In defense of Germany’s Merz
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John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His new book, “Braver New World: The Countries Daring to Do Things Others Won’t,” will be published in April. He is a regular POLITICO columnist.



Is there something wrong with me? I ask this more often than might be good for my health, as I increasingly find myself to be the only person in Berlin with a good word to say about German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.



As the leader of Berlin’s latest fractious coalition marks his first

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