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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pictured at an interview June 4, 2020, has been a pointed critic of Trump's go-it-alone positions (AFP Photo/John MACDOUGALL) |
Berlin
(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday condemned the death in US
police custody of George Floyd as "murder", saying that "racism
is something terrible".
"This
murder of George Floyd is very terrible. Racism is something terrible. Society
in the United States is very polarised," she told national broadcaster ZDF
in an interview.
Asked about
US President Donald Trump's role in the unrest sweeping the country, Merkel
said while she tries "to bring people together, to seek
reconciliation", the US leader's "political style is a very
controversial one".
Merkel has
been a pointed critic of Trump's stance including on his go-it-alone style that
sidelines international cooperation.
In a
striking message to Trump after his election victory in 2016, Merkel had tied
her pledge of close ties to democratic values.
Any
"close cooperation" must be on the basis of the "values of
democracy, freedom, respect for the rule of law and human dignity, regardless
of origin, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political
belief," she said at the time.
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