German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged the deep political divide in the country and called on the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to reaffirm its existence, APA reports.
"Let's be honest with each other: we are experiencing severe political polarization, and we are experiencing it within [the country]," he said at the annual conference of the CDU/CSU youth organization in Bonn. The broadcast was broadcast by the Phoenix television channel . "Germany needs us in the future, but we must re-justify this," Merz said.