Friedrich Merz has told the Munich Security Conference that the world order as it has stood for decades "no longer exists" – and warned the United States that it will not be powerful enough to "go it alone" in the new age of great power politics.
The German Chancellor alluded to the title of the gathering, "a world under destruction", suggesting that the old rules-based order has already disappeared and countries like Germany will have to completely rethink its approach to security and self-defence.
