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Video claiming Chancellor Merz to resign proven false

A video purporting to be from Deutsche Welle that said Friedrich Merz would announce his resignation has been debunked as Russian disinformation.

Von Deutsche Welle·
Friedrich Merz von der CDU ist erst seit einem Jahr und drei Monaten Deutschlands Regierungschef – auch wenn seine Zustimmungswerte niedrig sind, gibt es keine Hinweise auf einen geplanten Rücktritt

A video presented as being from Deutsche Welle asserted that Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz would announce his resignation, citing internal CDU documents; the assertion has been classified as false and the false video is reported to be associated with Russian disinformation networks. The current article is derived from a report published by Deutsche Welle.