German chancellor cancels New York trip amid political pressure

Friedrich Merz has cancelled a trip to New York to attend the UN General Assembly amid political pressure at home. The German chancellor was due to fly to the US next Tuesday, where he was to be awarded the "Henry Kissinger Prize" by the American Academy in Berlin. He was also due to address the UN General Assembly. However, he cancelled the trip following his Christian Democrats (CDU) party's poor performance after the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s triumph in the Saxony-Anhalt election and growing discontent within his own party. The loss, in which the AfD was close to securing...