Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme
Germany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenGermany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPAThe language around who might be eligible to receive the money is ambiguous, one former state department official said.
- ▪Germany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March.
- ▪Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenGermany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March.
- ▪Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPAThe language around who might be eligible to receive the money is ambiguous, one former state department official said.
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenGermany’s Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office in March. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesGermanyGermany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme State department says plan will provide funding to ‘address national sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’Ben Quinn and Aisha DownThu 16 Jul 2026 03.17 EDTFirst published on Wed 15 Jul 2026 14.45 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFriedrich 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…
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