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Over the weekend, the Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU coalition won the German election. In this video, we're taking a look at what this means for Europe and the EU and how this might mark a change from Olaf Scholz.
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1 - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/23/europe/german-election-results-cdu-afd-intl/index.html
2 - https://www.politico.eu/article/german-election-results-2025-friedrich-merz-cdu-europe/
3 - https://www.ft.com/content/6bd17e9a-6272-4354-9b4a-a77de1efaa7d
4 - https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-friedrich-merz-cdu-migration-crackdown-day-one-chancellor/
5 - https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-friedrich-merz-germany-eu-debt-dinances-france-italy/
6 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/germany-s-merz-signals-openness-to-common-eu-defense-borrowing
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Why Merz Has All the Power
02:23 - Transatlantic Relations
03:39 - Ukraine
04:32 - Immigration
05:35 - Green Deal
06:11 - Joint Borrowing
07:00 - Sponsored Content