Friedrich Merz
Merz says ‘obvious’ Putin-Zelensky meet won’t happen
GERMAN Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday it was now “obvious” that a hoped-for meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky would not happen.
Germany’s Merz welcomes EU trade deal with US
[BERLIN] German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday welcomed the trade deal between the United States and the European Union, which he said avoided “needless escalation in transatlantic trade relation...
Germany’s Merz elected chancellor after surprise first-round loss
His eventual victory was bittersweet as the initial defeat pointed to rumblings of discontent within his uneasy coalition
Incoming German chancellor Merz, soon to be Europe’s most powerful leader, limps to start line
Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, who may soon become Europe’s most powerful politician, his popularity is plum...
Germany’s Merz vows billions for defence, economy
GERMANY’S likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) would propose an unprecedented package of billions of euros in ...
Merz in pole position after big German ballot
The Christian Democratic Union leader is almost certainly next chancellor, and is likely to seek out the Social Democrats as a core coalition partner
Merz faces hard road to government after German election win
The most likely outcome is a coalition of his conservative bloc and Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), who came in third
