Germany: ‘The Wagons Are Circling’ Around Merz | John Kampfner

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“What you are seeing across the piece is the collapse of mainstream politics, which, to be honest, you have seen everywhere you've seen in the United States and you're seeing all over Europe.” Journalist and author John Kampfner says German regional election results are a “disaster” for chancellor Friedrich Merz but that he will “fight on” to stay in his role. John Kampfner was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen every Monday-Thursday, 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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