The future of the world is being shaped in Europe, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

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The future of the world is being shaped in Europe, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz  In his speech to his party’s youth wing on Saturday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) clearly distanced himself from the far-right AfD and stressed the importance of Europe and the European Union.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/16/the-future-of-the-world-is-being-shaped-in-europe-says-german-chancellor-friedrich-merz  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday stressed Europe's strategic importance, saying

00:06that the future of the world is being shaped in Europe.

00:10Speaking at the Young Union Germany Day Conference, Merz said this was not just about the European

00:16Union, but the principles guiding the coexistence of people on the continent.

00:20The Überschrift lautet, the future of the world is being shaped in Europe.

00:27The future of the world is being shaped in Europe.

00:34And, dear friends and friends, I would like to think with you again to end this thought.

00:41What does that mean?

00:43We are not only looking at ourselves, we are not only looking at this European Union, we are looking

00:48at a political model, we are looking at a principle, we are looking at the fundamental decisions

00:56of how we live together.

00:59The Young Union Conference where Merz spoke on Saturday has long been a power base for the

01:05German Chancellor.

01:07Merz also declared a fight against bureaucratization, emphasizing that mistrust is not the guiding

01:13principle of European politics, rather it must be trust in freedom, in openness and in people's

01:20ability to shape their own future responsibly.

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