Germany, Europe and friedrich merz

Germany Readies to Finally Lead Europe, If Merz Can Pull It Off
With Europe experiencing its most devastating war since 1945 and President Donald Trump ripping up the transatlantic alliance, Germany is preparing to abandon decades of caution and step into the breach.
Germany's Merz Wants European Nuclear Weapons to Boost US Shield
Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Friedrich Merz looks on as he gives a statement with Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder,
Germany roots for boosting Europe’s security with France, UK’s 550+ nuclear weapons
Extending the nuclear umbrella over Europe. Whether you support this suggestion or not, going as far back as the 1960s, it has been almost implicit that the UK and France’s asse
Germany's Merz aims for talks with UK, France on joint nuclear weapons
German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is open to negotiations regarding the joint use of nuclear weapons between the United Kingdom and France. However, he does not rule out the protection of the United States,
Germany’s Merz wants European nukes to boost US umbrella
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he would like to speak with France and Britain about sharing their nuclear weapons.
Merz: European nuclear deterrence must become stronger
Germany needs to talk to France and Britain about jointly increasing European nuclear deterrence, conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Sunday. Speaking to national public radio Deutschlandfunk,
EU needs joint approach to defence procurement, Germany's Pistorius says
Europe needs a much more unified approach regarding the procurement of military equipment, German Defence Minister Boris ...
Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.
Europe had been banking on a United States that wanted to make a deal on tariffs and trade. With little progress in that ...
A vast undersea tunnel is being built that will change the road and rail map of Europe
On the shores of the Baltic Sea, in the south of Denmark, a massive engineering marvel is taking shape — piece by giant ...
Germany sceptical of EU bonds but backs joint defence projects, finmin says
Germany is sceptical about joint European bonds per se but is open to common financing to support concrete European projects ...
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Germany's Scholz welcomes EU reaction to US tariffs
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised the European Commission's tough response to the US tariffs on steel and aluminium on ...
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Trump reignites Europe’s Franco-German engine
Officials in Paris and Berlin are excited about the good relationship incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has with French President Emanuel Macron.
Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as the United States is “applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, ...
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Germany’s military build up continues, but personnel shortages remain
The report outlined the European power’s more assertive foreign military involvement, including its navy’s first-ever shots ...
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Europe’s Path to Global Influence
Europe is suddenly in a hurry. Apparently, the U.S. administration’s overtures to Russia and its suspension of military ...
Germany Pushes for More EU Defense Spending
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Europe thinks the unthinkable on a nuclear bomb
“W E WOULD BE safer if we had our own nuclear arsenal,” Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, told his country’s parliament ...
Germany’s fiscal pivot gives Europe rare hope: podcast
In this week’s Viewsroom podcast Breakingviews columnists discuss the jolt to the whole continent.