German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has joined calls from the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU), to reduce the influx of young Ukrainian men into Germany. In a phone call last Thursday, Merz urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "ensure that young Ukrainians in particular" do not "come to Germany in increasing numbers." Instead, they are expected to serve in their homeland, where they are needed , he said in Berlin. Markus