Pushkov pointed to a geopolitical shift after Merz's words about the end of the Pax Americana era.

The statement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the end of the Pax Americana era for Europe indicates a major geopolitical shift. This was announced on December 14 by Senator Alexei Pushkov in the Telegram channel.

"This is already the Chancellor of Germany and the leader of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union. At the party congress in Munich, he declared that the era of Pax Americana — "American peace" — was over for Europe. This is a serious recognition of a major geopolitical shift, which not everyone believes in yet, but which has been looming for a long time," he said.

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