Aus aktuellem Anlass: Friedrich #Merz war, ist und bleibt mit Lindsey #Graham verabredet, wenn dieser Ende August nach Berlin kommt. Allerdings wird er Graham nicht im Rahmen der Veranstaltung von @TheRepublicDe treffen, die Teilnahme ist wegen des geänderten Programms abgesagt.

— Armin Peter (@realArminPeter) August 2, 2022

Friedrich Merz and Lindsey Graham were headliners

The event is being organized by German right-wing media organization The Republic and the US-based Tholos Foundation, which bills itself as an "advocate for free-market, low-tax and pro-competitive policies."

The keynote at the forum was to be a talk between the CDU's Merz and US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on transatlantic relations.

After announcing his pullout, Merz's office said he still does intend to speak to Lindsay Graham in August, just not at the event.