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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn and Aisha Down

Germany warns US against election interference with Maga-aligned grants scheme

United States Donald Trump Friedrich Merz Germany Europe Sarah B Rogers
Friedrich Merz and Donald Trump lean in to talk to one another as they sit side by side in front of a gilded fireplace
Germany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty

Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe.

The German chancellor was responding to a US initiative offering grants of up to $3m (£2.2m) for European charities, thinktanks and individuals.

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