{"id":220932,"date":"2025-02-24T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-friedrich-merzs-election-victory-mean-for-germanys-foreign-policy-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T00:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T00:00:32","slug":"what-does-friedrich-merzs-election-victory-mean-for-germanys-foreign-policy-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-friedrich-merzs-election-victory-mean-for-germanys-foreign-policy-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Friedrich Merz\u2019s election victory mean for Germany\u2019s foreign policy? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DrZFye1WFzw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What does Friedrich Merz\u2019s election victory mean for Germany\u2019s foreign policy? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DrZFye1WFzw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Friedrich Merz sharply criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s administration and urged Europe to distance from Washington during a post-election panel airing on state broadcaster ARD. Merz said it was not certain what the future has in store for NATO and if Europe will need to act quickly to shore up its own defenses. He also criticized Trump confidant and tech billionaire Elon Musk for meddling in the German election campaign, saying that the &quot;intervention from Washington were no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>#germanelections #germanelections2025 #BTW2025<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friedrich Merz sharply criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s administration and urged Europe to distance from Washington during a post-election panel airing on state broadcaster ARD. Merz said it was not certain what the future has in store for NATO and if Europe will need to act quickly to shore up its own defenses. He also criticized Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":220933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[140935,144605,135227],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-220932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-merz","tag-friedrich","tag-sharply"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What does Friedrich Merz\u2019s election victory mean for Germany\u2019s foreign policy? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What does Friedrich Merz\u2019s election victory mean for Germany\u2019s foreign policy? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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