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Three urgent problems for Friedrich Merz
The CDU leader faces a turbulent weekend juggling sugar tax disputes, ECB succession and a presidential candidacy row.
In brief
The CDU leader faces a turbulent weekend juggling sugar tax disputes, ECB succession and a presidential candidacy row. CDU leader Friedrich Merz confronts three pressing crises simultaneously: sugar tax disputes, ECB chief succession and a contested presidential candidacy involving Ilse Aigner. Originally reported by…
Merz faces three crises at once
CDU leader Friedrich Merz confronts an unsettled weekend managing disputes over sugar tax, the succession of ECB chief Christine Lagarde, and a contested presidential candidacy.
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Here's the gist
CDU leader Friedrich Merz confronts three pressing crises simultaneously: sugar tax disputes, ECB chief succession and a contested presidential candidacy involving Ilse Aigner.
