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Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe.

The German chancellor was responding to a US initiative offering grants of up to $3m (£2.2m) for European charities, thinktanks and individuals.

The funding will be for those seeking to “address national sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare challenges in line with shared political philosophy, law and our common western civilizational heritage”.

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[-] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

As if that would be the only influence, by the US and by other countries.

If we had free media and educated people, influence couldn't do harm. The best day to start educating everybody has long gone, but the second best moment to start is now.

E.g. Merz could use his officially not existing influence on a public TV channel to not self-censor critical material. https://feddit.org/post/32732388

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