Germany’s new government wants to be a foreign policy power

Foreign policy Friedrich Merz finds himself in a dilemma like the first German Chancellor. He is well advised to establish a European Defence Union with France. At the same time, he must not close the door to the White House.

Germany’s new government wants to be a foreign policy power

When the CDU/CSU and the SPD sealed their coalition agreement to form the next German government, the would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz proudly announced: “Germany is back on track”. Against a backdrop of considerable geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, the partners wanted to send clear signal not only to the German public, but also to the European and international partners. After three years of intense government infighting, a new, stabl…

Germany is back, likes to repeat Friedrich Merz. In the wake of Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor dreams of entering the books of history as... Read the article Germany: Friedrich Merz, facing the wall appeared first on Current Values.

With Scholz, despite the declaration of the turn of the century, geopolitical stagnation prevailed. Merz now has the opportunity – and the task – to set Germany up for a new era.

New German Chancellor keeps open possibility of Eurofighter jet deal with Turkey

Germany’s new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has not ruled out the possibility of supplying Eurofighter jets to Turkey, signaling a potential shift in Berlin’s defense posture.