Germany: Merz cancels phone call with Trump scheduled for today
The German government has cancelled the phone call with Trump scheduled for 11 September, without giving any official explanation, following US comments on the AfD’s victory
A telephone call scheduled for today between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump ahead of the anniversary of the 11 September attacks on the Twin Towers has been postponed by the German side. This was announced by spokesperson Stefan Kornelius at a press conference in Berlin. When questioned by journalists, the spokesperson declined to confirm that the decision had been taken in the wake of the US President’s comments regarding the AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt, but clarified that the postponement was not due to scheduling issues.
The German government has cancelled, without giving any explanation, the telephone call that had been scheduled between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a spokesperson in Berlin announced, without providing further details. The announcement comes just a few hours after the US President praised the AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt. No alternative date has been set for the telephone call between the two leaders.
Head of the German Bishops’ Conference: ‘There is no place in the Church for AfD ideology’
“The elections in Saxony-Anhalt have shown, in no uncertain terms, how a radical party has been democratically legitimised by the will of the electorate, having secured a majority. At first, I was left speechless by this election result. But I remain determined to carry on with my work. It has been demonstrated that the AfD is an ethno-nationalist party. There is no place for this ideology based on ethnic nationalism either inside or outside the house of God, nor in Christianity, nor in Judaism, nor in Islam.” So says Monsignor Heiner Wilmer, President of the German Bishops’ Conference.
