Europeans Are in ‘New Phase of Open Conflict,’ Merz Tells Allies
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Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Friday, Feb. 13.
Photographer: Alex Kraus/BloombergGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz got straight to the point in Munich today, telling an audience gathered for the annual security conference that we’ve entered a “new phase of open conflict.”
Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has brought “more deep-reaching changes in the world than even we in this room thought possible,” Merz said.