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Germany's CDU leader Friedrich Merz visits Kyiv to reaffirm support
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09/12/2024
Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up support among his base.
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Leader of Germany's opposition centre-right Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Friedrich Merz,
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has said his party stands firmly with Ukrainians.
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Merz, also the CDU's candidate for Chancellor in Germany's upcoming February snap elections,
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said this on Monday as he arrived in Kiev for a visit.
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I am very much looking forward to the new meeting with the President
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and would like to find out what the situation is in Ukraine
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and what we can do to help this devastated country
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continue to defend itself against Russian aggression.
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His visit follows that of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Kiev last week.
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It also comes at a critical time with the trajectory of the Ukraine war still uncertain
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as Kiev waits to know the plans of incoming US President Donald Trump.
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Ukraine is seeing a rise in talks with its European allies ahead of the Trump presidency.
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