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Friedrich Merz has spent months cultivating ties with Donald Trump (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Merz, Rutte, Stubb lead effort to sway Trump before Putin meeting

European and Nato leaders are holding three video meetings on Wednesday (13 August) to try to shape the outcome of Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Friday — the Russian president’s first visit to the US in a decade.

Nato secretary general Mark Rutte, Finnish president Alexander Stubb, and German chancellor Friedrich Merz who have spen...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Friedrich Merz has spent months cultivating ties with Donald Trump (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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