Nuclear deterrence cooperation between France and Germany is a matter for the "very, very long term," German Chancellor ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be traveling to Rome to meet with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Meanwhile, the business-focused FDP party has a new leader after a poor election ...

President Donald Trump is suggesting that a commitment by NATO members to spend more on defense could help prevent future ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz currently sees no risk that Italy’s UniCredit SpA will be able to take over Commerzbank AG. “The bank’s stake in Commerzbank is now below the threshold at ...

While Merz’s view is not shared completely across Europe – Hungary, Slovakia and to an extent Italy would align themselves more with Trump – it is the prevailing EU position, and the one ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for Italy to play a bigger role in EU diplomatic efforts to bring about peace in Ukraine. Merz, who was confirmed as chancellor on May 6, ...

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy focused on climate. ... E3G said Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, ...

Friedrich Merz’s big Oval Office test on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Anne-Sylvaine Chassany. Published May 31 2025. ... Merz patched things up with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, ...

Giorgia Meloni defines the meeting with Friedrich Merz as "very operational, the most effective denial of the alleged lack of interest of the German government in a relationship with Italy".

Germany's Friedrich Merz is embracing pragmatism. The Christian Democrat is set to be inaugurated chancellor on Tuesday. ... In May 2023, on the shores of Lake Como, in Italy, ...

Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set take office on Tuesday. ... (This is Europe: Italy’s Giorgia Meloni hasn’t even been allowed to send them to Albania.) ...