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Germany’s Merz says US-Israeli strikes in Iran ‘not without risk’
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement at Siemens Energy plant in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on February 26, 2026. (Jade Gao / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz casts doubt on whether US and Israeli strikes will spark political change in Iran, saying the plan was not without risk.
“This plan is not without risk, and we would also have to bear the consequences,” he tells reporters after meeting US President Donald Trump in Washington.
Neither Israel nor the United States has asked Germany to get involved in the conflict, he says, adding he had explained to Trump that any such action would require formal German parliamentary approval.
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