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Germany's Merz promises to do 'whatever it takes' on defence

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Friedrich Merz has announced a deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending on defence and infrastructure.

Merz and his likely coalition partners from the centre left will put new proposals to parliament next week .

He has spoken of urgency on German spending in light of "recent decisions by the American government" Merz, 69, did not elaborate but he has been outspoken in his criticism of President Donald Trump 's treatment of Ukraine 's Volodymyr Zelensky .

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