- Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won Sunday's election, defeating the far-right AfD backed by the Trump administration. Now the once-staunch U.S. supporter warns Europe can no longer rely on its American allies. “I never thought I would end up one day having to say that," he said.
President Donald Trump hailed the election victory of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Sunday as a vindication of his populist political movement, even as the likely incoming chancellor sought to distance himself from the White House entirely.
