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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Graeme Wearden in Davos

World is entering time of ‘great power politics’, warns German chancellor

Friedrich Merz on stage at the World Economic Forum
‘This new world of great powers is being built on power, on strength and when it comes to it, on force. It is not a cosy place,’ Merz said. Photograph: Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA

The German chancellor has warned that the rise of “great powers” is shaking the foundations of the old world order, unravelling it at “breathtaking pace”.

Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Friedrich Merz said a time of “great power politics” had begun, citing Russia’s war with Ukraine, China’s move into the “ranks of the great powers” and the radical reshaping of US foreign and security policy under Donald Trump.

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