Germany's Merz inaugurates a historic new brigade in Lithuania and pushes for security spending
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a speech at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)German soldiers march at the formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)German soldiers march at the formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, shakes hands with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Lithuania's defense minister Docile Sakaliene and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, from right, participate a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a speech at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)