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If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

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German voters picked Conservative party head Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?