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Trump, Scholz agree to work towards ‘return to peace in Europe’
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by phone, Berlin said, adding that they “agreed to work together towards a return to peace in Europe”. Scholz – mired in a political crisis and facing snap elections sometime in early 2025 – congratulated Trump a second time on his election victory, according to the chancellor’s spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. “Both exchanged views on the German-American relationship and the current geopolitical challenges,” Hebestreit said in a brief statement. “The chancellor underlined the government’s willingness to continue the ... (full story)