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boundary="2GeyaoTNIUgM=_?:" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --2GeyaoTNIUgM=_?: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Economist https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=34f3dcd3a98c7348e1da193493efb34e562c115d5e6664743c210eef705567dc304eecf72628ad21d8d6086bc25cb667dc74ecf60894309eb16339493fae3e03 https://view.e.economist.com/?qs=4c289bc5cd1381f441094bd60caa76232ea937260a4895ed6f53424ba3a3d76a070bf853b896a826d2d2ff084342685ec0170259bbaca5900262bfc4ebeea5ca26f6390694450dad11a64be4488b280d Read in browser February 24th 2025 The Economist today The best of our journalism, handpicked each day https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=34f3dcd3a98c7348624c7dc3b28caed159ce51d1a72edd15bb85f7e4d224f9ea52fce67120c9f97661355f46bfb8150b951d3ac879e61af9e012786795aa63b5 https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=34f3dcd3a98c73480cf08125325995b45e86f6f15410735707dd53c219bcc2317c744f0deec7d46af23f342c4ebe6de1d4860be36b4c16cd92dc66a4ad7d3946 https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=34f3dcd3a98c73480cf08125325995b45e86f6f15410735707dd53c219bcc2317c744f0deec7d46af23f342c4ebe6de1d4860be36b4c16cd92dc66a4ad7d3946 Kennett Werner US news editor Consulting firms like McKinsey and Accenture ought to be feeling cheery. Elon Musk’s DOGE wants to cut trillions of dollars from government spending. That’s the sort of thing the consultancies are supposed to be good at. But, https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=34f3dcd3a98c7348363c2ae978c308de5b84c78b717da4b68688df97eebfbef61bf2c7cbb3fca9b14cf476bf249c71597fac1a28ea9b3e441a0d41428a2492cf as our analysis shows , DOGE may well treat their government contracts as fat rather than as aids to fat reduction. Elsewhere, Germany’s probable next chancellor has some stunning things to say about his country’s chief ally. Friedrich Merz would like Germany to achieve “independence from the USA” in light of Donald Trump’s coziness with Russia. Mr Merz is right that Europe should be able to defend itself without America by its side. 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