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Merz emerges unscathed from the White House: Trump's praise and no friction
The German Chancellor lobbies for Ukraine and finds the appropriate tone to negotiate with the president without clashes in ...
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Friedrich Merz’s foreign policy – opening protocol
In the first weeks of his term, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) undertook eight foreign trips. He also hosted the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, in ...
The Chancellor Goes to Washington: Friedrich Merz's Visit to Trump Succeeded Because It Didn't Fail
By all accounts, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Donald Trump in the Oval Office was a success. But the bar was low. There are plenty of potential pitfalls for the trans-Atlantic ...
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Karoline Leavitt Snaps in Wake of Trump’s Brutal Court Loss
Leavitt’s insistence that federal judges, whom she attempted to dismiss as “local,” don’t have the jurisdiction to rule ...
Interview: Afd's Frohnmaier Rejects Merz's Ukraine Strategy
In an era of intensifying geopolitical rifts, the foreign policy positions of Europe's political parties are gaining renewed ...
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German court rejects key pillar of Merz’s asylum crackdown
Under pressure from the far right, Germany’s conservative chancellor had vowed to turn away asylum-seekers at the country’s ...
Friedrich Merz gets ready for Trump’s Oval Office endurance test
Ahead of their meeting in Washington, the German chancellor has sought advice from recent survivors of Trump’s new reality ...