MSC: Germany's Merz says old world order 'no longer exists'
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Key Points:
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) that the old world order no longer exists, emphasizing a new era marked by big power politics and rivalry among superpowers like Russia, China, and the US.
- Merz urged Europe to realize its untapped military, political, economic, and technological potential to assert its freedom and shape the emerging global order, calling for a new trans-Atlantic partnership despite current rifts with the US.
- The MSC featured discussions on the ongoing Ukraine war, with Merz stating the conflict will continue until Russia is economically exhausted and stressing the need to make war disadvantageous for Moscow.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the conference, describing US-Europe ties as facing a "defining