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Germany, July 16 — Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes an appeal to voters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). AfD leaders grinned during a Dessau election event. Internal chats fuel a power struggle over Alice Weidel in the North Rhine-Westphalia AfD branch, and the party leadership demands a repeat election of the NRW candidate list. An AfD city council member was fined for using a Nazi slogan in Würzburg.
Russia criticizes the outgoing German ambassador's performance.
Frankfurt's Goethe University cuts 455 study places.
A German politician proposes an EU stabilization mission for Lebanon.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary