Merz believes the additional funds will be essential for dealing with the security and foreign policy challenges the government will face. Here is an overview of the most significant challenges ...

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and Poland on his first day in office.

Friedrich Merz's political career began on the foreign stage. From 1989-1994, he served as a member of European Parliament, focusing on financial policy. Now, as German chancellor three decades ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

Boosting defense spending While immigration and economic reforms dominate Merz's domestic agenda, he faces equally pressing foreign policy challenges. Chief among these are Russia's ongoing war in ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

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Merz wants to change this ... and European integration is no longer a sure-fire thing. No one is creating more challenges for German foreign policy at the moment than Donald Trump. Alongside doubts ...