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Russia expert [[Dr. Gilbert Doctorow]] commented:
Russia expert [[Dr. Gilbert Doctorow]] commented:
{{Cquote|there is now another [[European]] 'leader' whose [[anti-Russian]] words may translate into actions that will be devastating for Germany and could just drag us all into a [[third world war]]. I am speaking about the incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.<ref>[https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/04/15/friedrich-merz-the-most-dangerous-german-leader-since-adolf-hitler/ Friedrich Merz: the most dangerous German leader since Adolf Hitler], Gilbert Doctorow, April 15, 2025. gilbertdoctorow.com</ref>}}
{{Cquote|there is now another [[European]] 'leader' whose [[anti-Russian]] words may translate into actions that will be devastating for Germany and could just drag us all into a [[third world war]]. I am speaking about the incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.<ref>[https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/04/15/friedrich-merz-the-most-dangerous-german-leader-since-adolf-hitler/ Friedrich Merz: the most dangerous German leader since Adolf Hitler], Gilbert Doctorow, April 15, 2025. gilbertdoctorow.com</ref>}}
==Background==
Merz's grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon in western Germany. Sauvigny praised the Nazi “national revolution” in 1933 and renamed his town's streets after party bigwigs. He applied for membership in the [[Nazi party]] as early as May 1933, a few months after [[Hitler]] seized power. Friedrich Merz has described his grandfather as "an admirable role model".
==2025 election==
==2025 election==