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The supporters hold the signs that read “Chancellor” and “Merz” during the final campaign event of the Party of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in Munich, on February 22, 2025.
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The transatlantic relationship between Europe and the United States has been one of the longest alliances in the world, and yet has never been observed more closely than last month.
During the weekend, departure surveys showed that the conservative CDU-CSU party in Germany secured most of the votes in the German federal elections, with the extreme right-wing alternative foroutschland (AFD) in second place.
The AFD, which has the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, among its supporters, said about 20% of the votes, compared to about 10% in the latest Federal elections in Germany. However, it is unlikely that the party will be part of the government, since any other part has agreed to work with it.
Friedrich Merz is expected of the hard and rival migration of Angela Merkel, to become The next chancellor of Germany. “I would never have thought that I would have to say something like this in a television program, but after Donald Trump’s comments last week … it is clear that this government does not care about the fate of Europe.” According to the reports, Merz told the German public broadcaster Sunday.
This comes as president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday said he would be ready to give up the presidency, if doing so would achieve lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of the NATO military alliance.
Support for Ukraine has been a point of inflammation between the United States and Europe since the president of the United States, Donald Trump, assumed the position, with Trump Blame Ukraine for Russian invasion in 2022 and largely aligning with the position of Russia for peace in the three -year war.
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German conservatives win the elections, but the extreme right obtains profits
The Christian Democratic Union and the Allied Christian Social Union assured most votes In German federal elections on Sunday, according to departure surveys. This puts the main candidate of the party, Friedrich Merz in a privileged position to take care of Olaf Scholz as Chancellor. The extreme right alternative was Deutschland (AFD) the game saw its best performance in its history, with approximately 20% of the votes and in second place.
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Berkshire Hathaway is committed to its long -term Japanese investments and has reached an agreement with companies possess beyond its initial roof of 10%, Warren Buffett said in his annual letter to the shareholders published on Saturday. Japanese names in Berkshire’s portfolio are Ittochu, Marubení, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Summitwhich are the largest “Sogo Shosha” or commercial houses in Japan that invest in various sectors nationwide and abroad.
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Chinese authorities have published to “2025 Action Plan to stabilize foreign investment” According to a translation of CNBC, to facilitate foreign capital to invest in national telecommunications and biotechnology industries, according to a translation of CNBC. The document required clearer standards in government acquisition: an important problem for foreign companies in China, and for the development of a plan to gradually allow foreign investment in the education and culture sectors.
Wall Street is sold in sticky inflation numbers
US actions fell on Friday As the new data expressed concerns about inflation and fears of recession, with the Dow Jones industrial lost 748.63 points, or 1.69%, to register its worst day of 2025. The S&P 500 slid 1.71%, while the Nasdaq compound 2.2%fell. In Asia, The markets mostly fell On Monday, with Nifty 50 from India, about 1% and leadership losses in the region.
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And finally …
The president of the United States Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, testifies to an audience of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress”, in Capitol Hill in Washington, USA ., February 11, 2025.
Craig Hudson | Reuters
The Fed is trapped in neutral, since it observes how Trump’s policies develop.
The popular narrative among the Federal Reserve policies these days is that the policy is “well positioned” to adapt to any upward risk or the loss. However, it could be more precise to say that politics is trapped in position.
With a large number of unknowns that swirle through the economy and halls of Washington, the only team in which it can really be these days is neutral, since it begins what could be a long wait for the certainty of what really It is ahead.
