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Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/EUMadeSimple6 Germany’s next Chancellor will shape not just the country, but the future of Europe. 🇪🇺 In this video, we break down what each major candidate—Merz, Scholz, Habeck, and Weidel—envisions for the EU, security, and foreign policy. Will Germany strengthen European integration or take a more national approach? And what does this mean for Ukraine, migration, and defense? Support the Channel: 💁‍♂️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eumadesimple ☕ Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EUMadeSimple 📷 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEUmadeSIMPLE Social Media: 📷 https://www.instagram.com/eu_made_simple/ 𝕏: https://twitter.com/EU_Made_Simple 📹 https://www.tiktok.com/@eumadesimple 👥 Discord: https://discord.gg/k8EYyJ3yqY Other Languages: 🇬🇧 English: http://www.youtube.com/@EUMadeSimple 🇩🇪 German: http://www.youtube.com/@EUMadeSimpleDeutsch 🇫🇷 French: http://www.youtube.com/@LUESimplifiee 🇮🇹 Italian: https://www.youtube.com/@UEinmodosemplice 🇪🇸 Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@SimplementeUE 🇵🇱 Polish: https://www.youtube.com/@PoProstuEuropa-eu 🇷🇴 Romanian: https://www.youtube.com/@UEinModSimplu 🇳🇱 Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/@ЕСОпростен 🇬🇷 Greek: https://www.youtube.com/@EE_APLA 🇭🇺 Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/@EUEgyszerűen 🇨🇿 Czechian: https://www.youtube.com/@EUJednoduse 🇵🇹 Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/@AUESimplificada 🇱🇹 Lithuanian: https://www.youtube.com/@EUGaerkiyeMartivad Sources: SOURCE 1: AfD MANIFESTO: https://www.afd.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AfD_Bundestagswahlprogramm2025_druck.pdf SOURCE 2: GREENS MANIFESTO https://cms.gruene.de/uploads/assets/WP-01-K3_Kapitel_3_Frieden_in_Freiheit_sichern__innen_und_au%C3%9Fen.pdf SOURCE 3: CDU MANIFESTO https://www.politikwechsel.cdu.de/sites/www.politikwechsel.cdu.de/files/docs/politikwechsel-fuer-deutschland-wahlprogramm-von-cdu-csu-1.pdf SOURCE 4: SPD MANIFESTO https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Programm/2025_SPD_Regierungsprogramm.pdf SOURCE 5: Politico Poll of Polls https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/ SOURCE 6: Weidel Quotes 1 & 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYB_Hmsu84 SOURCE 7: Weidel Quote 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wdItXbUDmU&t=464s SOURCE 8: Kiel Institute https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/ SOURCE 9: Scholz 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD59yR55HZI&t=187s SOURCE 10: Merz 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbUGELDFaWQ&t=1347s SOURCE 11: Scholz 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn1s8Y7G_LM&t=1274s SOURCE 12: Habeck 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Mahh1zrDw&t=802s SOURCE 13: GREENS https://www.gruene-bundestag.de/wir-im-bundestag/unsere-fraktion/fachbereiche-und-arbeitsgruppen/ SOURCE 14: Habeck 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esY-QgYTu3k SOURCE 15: Habeck 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esY-QgYTu3k SOURCE 16: Scholz 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6t0IoihpI SOURCE 17: Habeck 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sut-744IaTU SOURCE 18: Article on NATO spending Greens https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/01/germanys-habeck-calls-for-hike-to-3-5-per-cent-of-gdp-on-defence-spending/ SOURCE 19: Article NATO Spending AfD https://taz.de/Verteidigungsausgaben-im-Wahlkampf/!6062786/ SOURCE 20: Scholz 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlU3oHOeYc&t=1031s SOURCE 21: Scholz Call https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-scholz-calls-putin-for-first-time-in-2-years/a-70796017