(9 Jul 2025)
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Berlin – 9 July 2025
1. Dome of German parliament building
2. Wide of camera operator
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German chancellor:
"We were able to achieve the first small successes in the past few days. U.S. military aid will essentially be continued and not halted."
4. Mid of photographer
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German chancellor:
"Aid to Ukraine will neither fail due to financial resources nor due to personnel support. The only area where we currently have a real bottleneck is in the production of military equipment, weapons, and ammunition."
6. Wide of German parliament members during a session
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German chancellor:
"That’s why I am also reaching out to the American administration and asking whether we could possibly reach agreements with America to, for example, support Ukraine with further air defense systems. This is all in close dialogue both between the departments of the federal government and with the American government. I’m doing everything to achieve this goal together."
8. Wide of German parliament members during a session
9. Wide of Merz sitting down
10. Wide of German parliament session in Berlin
STORYLINE:
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he had three personal meetings and several phone conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump in recent weeks and pressed for the country to continue on with military and civilian help for Ukraine.
“We were able to achieve the first small successes in recent days – U.S. military aid will essentially be continued and not halted,” Merz said during a question-and-answer session in parliament, noting that a conference in Rome on Thursday will also discuss the issue.
Merz said that German aid to Ukraine won’t fail for financial reasons.
He added that “the only place where we really have a bottleneck at the moment is in the production of military material, weapons and material.”
He then indicated that the next step will be attempting to reach an agreement with the U.S. on providing more air defense for Ukraine.
He didn’t offer more details.
But Merz’s spokesperson confirmed last week that the possibility of Berlin buying Patriot systems from the U.S. and passing them on to Ukraine is an option under consideration.
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