Friedrich Merz to visit Warsaw and Paris in first trip as German chancellor to stress European unity
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up with allies France and Poland to present a united European front on support for Ukraine and against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
The new pairing of Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron — both firm believers in the European Union — could help stiffen resistance from the 27-nation bloc against pressure from Trump and against Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine.
With the EU’s largest economies and populations, the tandem of Germany and France has long underpinned the 27-nation bloc but lost some of its vigor in recent months as leaders in both countries wrestled with domestic Проблеми.
Мерц и Макрон се надяват да дадат на връзката пресен подтик в решителен миг, като Тръмп и съветският президент Владимир Путин оказват напън върху Европейски Съюз, принуждавайки го да премисли личната си сигурност.
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