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German Chancellor Merz urges Europe to uphold liberal values, defends pension reform, and rejects alliance with far-right AfD.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed Europe's central role in shaping the world’s future during a speech at the Young Union's Germany Day conference, emphasizing liberal, cosmopolitan values like freedom, trust, and openness over bureaucracy and authoritarianism.
He warned that abandoning these principles risks empowering nationalists and weakening democracy, while criticizing excessive EU regulation as damaging to trust and innovation.
Merz defended a controversial pension reform despite internal party opposition, citing the need to balance generational fairness and political stability.
He reaffirmed the CDU’s refusal to cooperate with the far-right AfD, calling their ideologies incompatible.
El canciller alemán Merz insta a Europa a defender los valores liberales, defiende la reforma de las pensiones y rechaza la alianza con la AfD de extrema derecha.