THE Friedrich Mertz admitted -in an interview given today (13.07.2025) -that if the duties Tall of 30% of the US in products produced in the European Union, “we should place a second one in much of our efforts in economic policy”, as “everything would overshadow and the German export industry would be a harsh blow”.
For this, Friedrich Mertz added that he is working hard to secure a solution with them duties announced by Donald Trump.
“This presupposes two things, unity within the EU and rational lines of communication with the US president,” Mr Mertz stressed, while writing with the French position that, if there is no agreement, countermeasures should be imposed on the European side.
The Chancellor, however, argued that Donald Trump has been observed to send letters threatened to duties and other countries and at the end of the day it turned out to be a negotiation element and that “most of the time – not always, but most of the time – there were reasonable solutions”.
‘It is not a crisis’
The Chancellor downgraded the importance of Bundestag’s failure to elect three judges for the Federal Constitutional Court, while fully covering the head of the Christian Association (CDU/CSU) Gen. Span.
He also expressed his dissatisfaction with Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, while He appeared optimistic about a trade agreement with the US before August 1st.
What happened on Friday, when the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Justice had to be annulled. The CDUs/CSU did not agree at the last minute to the candidate proposed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Strawberry Broose-Gersdorf, “it was not nice, but it is not a crisis, neither the democracy nor the government,” Mr Mertz said and attributed the Democratic Republic.
Answering a question about whether the head of the KO Gen Span is responsible for the “disagreements” by Members, the Chancellor said that the Members are independent, directly elected representatives of the citizens, while When asked if Mr Span is right for the position, he responded directly: “Clearly, yes!”
The Chancellor also noted that the government has so far passed through the House without leaks all the bills it has tabled in addition to the election of judges and added that the partners would consult “without time pressure” next time to find a solution.
He even downgraded the importance of the matter by stressing that citizens have issues that are more concerned with the election of judges, and reminded that cooperation with the SPD ‘It’s not a marriage of love but a work coalition’ in which everyone makes difficult decisions and make reasonable compromises.
Chancellor Mertz also responded to a question about Israel and the last space attacks on the Gaza Strip. “What the Israeli government has been doing in Gaza for many weeks anymore.
I have emphasized it. I have spoken many times with the Israeli prime minister, I have seen him twice and I hope that the Europeans, along with the Americans, will be able to find a solution, “Mr Mertz said and referred to the firm position of a” two -state solution “, while saying that the Palestinians have spoken.