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Berlin expropriation debate and European tax pressure

Merz warns Berlin's expropriation talks would badly damage capital markets and says legislation to halt it is ready, while crypto-Twitter circulates posts about rising European taxes.

What we know

Merz called the damage 'massive' and said draft legislation is ready. An account on X quotes a thread listing tax proposals in France, Italy, the UK and Germany.

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