Merz strikes urgent tone in calling for more European independence from US Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spending The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
German election: the results explained as Friedrich Merz comes out swinging for Europe Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD after the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the February 23 election, topping the poll with 28.5%. Although the SPD has gone from winning the last election to a record low result of… The Conversation · Feb 24, 2025
Merz says Netanyahu will be able to visit Germany despite ICC warrant ICC says states cannot determine ‘soundness’ of its decisions as Israeli PM faces warrant on Gaza war crime allegations. Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025
Stunned SPD Turns To Supporting Role In New German Government After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect itself on Monday in preparation for a potential new role as the junior partner in a conservative-led government. International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025
What Did You Do Last Week? Plus: German elections, how I almost got arrested this weekend, and more... Reason · Feb 24, 2025
Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe Leader of victorious conservative alliance says continent must build defence capability as US moves towards ‘America alone’ motto The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
Trump claims German election results vindicate his agenda. The winners disagree Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one day having to say that." Fortune · Feb 24, 2025
European Leaders Express Support For Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion European leaders stand with Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russian invasion, while tensions with the Trump administration escalate. Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Friedrich Merz: Who is Germany’s election winner and how will he fare against AfD leader Alice Weidel? Friedrich Merz has taken aim at the US and says Europe must stand up for itself The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shifted The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
German election: Who won, who lost and what’s next? Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers. Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025
Asian Markets Track Wall St Loss; Frankfurt Lifted By German Vote After a healthy performance on Friday, Asian investors struggled to maintain momentum after big losses in New York, where the Nasdaq lost more than two percent. Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025
Germany's Merz Wins Election, Promises Strong Support For Ukraine Germany's election results show a shift towards mainstream conservatism, with a focus on supporting Ukraine and economic recovery. Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Germany's Mainstream Conservatives Win National Election, Far-Right Party Surges Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz win election, facing challenges in addressing European security issues and forming a stable coalit... Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Top News · Feb 24, 2025 Friedrich Merz: Germany's Next Chancellor Prioritizing European Unity Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledges to prioritize European unity and security amidst global challenges.
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 What we learned from the German election that will bring change to the EU's leading power Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election
International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025 German Business Urges 'New Beginning' After Election German business leaders called Monday for the swift formation of a new ruling coalition to usher in a "new beginning" for Europe's crisis-wracked top economy after the conservatives' election win.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe? Our panel responds Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU may have won the German election, but all eyes are on the far-right AfD after its huge gains, say Fatma Aydemir, Katja Hoyer and others
Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2025 World reacts to Merz’ German election win amid warnings on far-right surge Global leaders congratulate conservative leader Friedrich Merz, but others focus on the success of the AfD.
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025 Who is Friedrich Merz? Germany’s election winner With Germany's election results in, Friedrich Merz emerges as a key figure who has promised to reshape Europe-US relations
The National (Scotland) · Feb 24, 2025 Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD support surges PROVISIONAL results confirmed that German mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, however a surge by…
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 Germany’s Friedrich Merz takes swipe at Trump and calls for ‘independence from the USA’ Germany’s likely next chancellor has also questioned whether NATO will continue to exist
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; more losses on Wall Street – as it happened Apple has pledged to spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years, including a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 Monday briefing: Merz will be Germany’s chancellor – but extremists are waiting in the wings In today’s newsletter: The far-right AfD may have come second, but at 20% they have been held off by the performance of mainstream parties, with the CDU leader Friedrich Merz on course to be the new chancellor
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025 Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz calls for European 'independence from US' as he blasts Trump and Musk Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’