Meeting took place in Uruguay, where the leaders meet to honor Yamandú Orsi
The President (PT) met with Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday morning (1.mar.2025) in Uruguay.
In a press release, he said he discussed “The importance of Latin American and European Union countries acting in defense of democracy and multilateralism”.
In December 2024, Steinmeier ordered that of Parliament and anticipated the general elections in the country for February 23, 2025.
This is the parliamentary election, which gave CDU (Christian Democratic Union) CDU (Democratic Union) led by Friedrich Merz, with 29% of the votes.
The far-right AFD party (the alternative to Germany) obtained 20.8% of the votes, which allowed to elect 152 of the 630 deputies and have the 2nd largest force of the Federal Parliament.
Lula greeted Merz on X. “Its election occurs at a time of great geopolitical and geoeconomic sensitivity, but also in the moment of great hopes and opportunities for joint gain”said in the publication.
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Lula also cited between Mercosur (Southern Common Market) and the EU (European Union). “Germany is an essential partner of Brazil”these.
The petista still spoke in “effort” to combat climate change and “For success” COP30 (United Nations Conference on Climate Change).
The UN Climate Conference (United Nations) will be in Belém, Pará, from November 10 to 21, 2025.
The meeting of Lula and Steinmeier took place hours before the inauguration of the president -elect of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, at the General Assembly of the Legislative Power of the country.
