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Germany to comply with Trump’s 5% defence spending target, foreign minister suggests

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo US President Donald Trump has long demanded that NATO partners spend more on defence. Germany now wants to comply. Germany has suggested that it could boost defence spending to 5% of GDP, putting the country in line with US President Donald Trump’s demands. Trump has long …

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German CDU leader Friedrich Merz vows to toughen migration policy

Muhamad Yehia Merz, whose centre-right bloc currently tops the polls, is toughening his stance on migration ahead of federal elections next month. The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, has vowed to crackdown on illegal immigration if he becomes chancellor after Bundestag elections next month. Merz said …

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