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EU election results 'huge blow' for Germany's government

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Michaela Küfner
June 9, 2024

The CDU/CSU are ahead in the EU elections in Germany. Do they owe this to their own strength or the weakness of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition? DW spoke with David McAllister, member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democrats.

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