Germany Needs Something New. Instead It’s Getting This Guy.
Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...
No Honeymoon Period For Friedrich Merz, The Next German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...
The Man Who Would Remake Europe
Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...
Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy refuses Donald Trump’s ceasefire ‘trap’
The White House bust-up between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — leading to a US decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine — was triggered by an exchange over the terms of a possible ceasefire ...
Merz’s moment arrives
FRIEDRICH Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...
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Germany has a new leader and Trump has a new challenge
The expected happened in the German elections held on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The turnout was the largest in decades. The electorate gave the most votes to the Christian Democrats and their sister ...
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Europe’s Independence Day
Could February 23, 2025, become known as Europe’s Independence Day? It might as well be if the winner of Germany’s election, Friedrich Merz, ...