Breaking from his dithering predecessors Scholz and Merkel, Merz is playing an unusually active role as the defender of Ukraine and Europe as a whole.

Mr. Merz led his party to victory in February’s elections by promising to curb migration, to revitalize the economy and to reinvigorate the military. He has since been a disrupter of German taboos — about government spending and about a strong German military in Europe.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's reaction to the proposal to establish a ceasefire at least for the Christmas holidays was cynical and cruel. — Ukrinform.

Germany’s parliament has approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, the latest instalment in a bumpy first seven months in offic

EADaily, December 17th, 2025. As a result of the recent negotiations in Berlin on the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, a limit has been reached. It is impossible to achieve more with the help of diplomacy,

When chancellor Friedrich Merz made his inaugural visit to Israel on Sunday, he had no invitation in his pocket for its prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to visit Germany.

With Brussels powerbroker Weber as a close ally, Merz has used the EPP’s dominant position across the European Commission, Parliament and Council to advance the party’s agenda, slashing anti-deforestation and green supply chain reporting rules, boosting deportations to third countries, and reversing the combustion engine ban.

Trust in conservative leader Merz fell to 32% in December—down 6 percentage points from 38% when the government formed in May 2025—according to a Forsa poll - Anadolu Ajansı

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has again urged fellow EU leaders to agree to use Russian state assets frozen in the bloc to provide financial support to Ukraine, a proposal that is set to dominate a high-stakes summit in Brussels later this week.

The EU heeded the calls, and under its proposals carmakers will have to cut exhaust emissions from new vehicles by 90 percent from 2021 levels – down from an envisaged 100 percent – with the remainder “compensated” in various ways.