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Merz hopes for transparency and honesty in peace process 
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Merz hopes for transparency and honesty in peace process 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - here at a meeting on the war in Ukraine in Berlin in mid-December.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa European and Canadian officials have coordinated further efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. "We are moving the peace process forward. Transparency and honesty are now required from everyone – including Russia," Merz wrote on X. Von der Leyen said there had been a good discussion about support for Ukraine, its security and the reconstruction of the country, which has been defending itself against a full-scale Russian invasion since 2022. "Ultimately, the prosperity of a free Ukrainian state lies in th...
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Merz gets warm welcome from Trump at the Oval Office
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Merz gets warm welcome from Trump at the Oval Office

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa Pool/dpa German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sought to strengthen ties, including better cooperation on trade issues, with the United States during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. "We are having so much in common our history. We owe the Americans a lot. We will never forget that," Merz said during a press briefing with Trump in the Oval Office in Washington, referring in part to Trump's German heritage.  Trump flattered his guest, calling him a "very respected man." "We're going to have a great relationship with your country," the US president said. During his meeting with Trump, the t...
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New German Chancellor Merz to meet Trump in White House on Thursday
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New German Chancellor Merz to meet Trump in White House on Thursday

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a speech at the presentation of the International Charlemagne Prize to EU Commission President von der Leyen in City Hall.Credit: Federico Gambarini/dpa-Pool/dpa New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Thursday, government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in Berlin on Saturday. A meeting between the two leaders at the White House, a joint lunch and a subsequent press event are planned, he said. This is the first meeting between the two since Merz took office on May 6. Before that, they had only briefly encountered each other many years ago in New York.  Merz will depart for Washington on Wednesday evening after a dinner with the premiers of Germany's 16 federal states...
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Germany’s Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat
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Germany’s Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat

Acting Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz shakes hands with Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz during the second round of Chancellor election. Merz failed the first round of voting in the Bundestag.Credit: Christoph Soeder/dpa German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday, hours after suffering a humiliating defeat in a first round of voting on an extraordinary day in Berlin. Merz secured the necessary absolute majority to succeed outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the second round of voting, receiving 325 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. The earlier failure was a major embarrassment for Merz, who became the first candidate to fall at the final hurdle to becoming chancellor i...
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Merz admits ‘deviation’ from promise not to work with the far-right
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Merz admits ‘deviation’ from promise not to work with the far-right

Friedrich Merz, Chairman and top candidate for chancellor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) greets supporters during an election campaign event at the Schinkelhalle.Credit: Carsten Koall/dpa The conservative bloc's candidate for German chancellor admitted on Tuesday that his move to get a parliamentary motion passed with backing from the far-right AfD was a "deviation" from what he had agreed with two key parties running the government. "I know that, of course, this was a deviation from what I had offered the rest of the coalition ... shortly after it had fallen apart," Friedrich Merz said at an election campaign event in Potsdam. Merz, the candidate for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party CSU, said he had promised the Social Democrats (SPD) an...
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