Friedrich Merz - Weather

Analyze

09.June 2026 Vladimir Simovic

The German economy is collapsing: What about the Serbian periphery?

Germany is in a crisis, and not a temporary one. How do the extreme right and extreme left in Berlin position themselves according to that fracture and what would that mean for workers in the exploited periphery like Serbia?

Summit of the European Union and the Western Balkans

05.June 2026 Aleksa Petrovski

Non-paper: France and Germany offer a new model of rapprochement with the EU

The proposal of France and Germany at the summit of the EU - Western Balkans in Tivat allows candidate countries for membership access to certain sessions of the Council for Foreign Affairs. There are other conditions

EU Summit - Western Balkans

05.June 2026 Ivan Djerkovic / DW

Will Mertz, Macron and Von der Leyen bring Vučić into line?

The European Union - Western Balkans summit in Tivat was preceded by tensions between Serbia and Montenegro. At the center of the event was the Air Serbia charter with 87 members of the criminal loyalists of Aleksandar Vučić, who were returned to Belgrade by the Montenegrin police.

European Union

21.May 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Kobayagi EU enlargement: What does Merco's proposal mean for Serbia and the neighborhood

Friedrich Mertz, the German chancellor, has a new proposal for the enlargement of the European Union. And does it bring easier access or perhaps an eternal waiting room

European integration

21.May 2026. Ivan Djerkovic (DW)

Mertz wants Serbia to join the EU quickly, but with "lite" membership

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz called on the leadership of the European Union to speed up the enlargement process, warning that the lengthy procedure creates frustrations both in the candidate countries and within the Union itself.

The war in Ukraine

15.May 2026. Anja Mihic

The EU rejected Putin's proposal: Schroeder will not speak on behalf of the Europeans

The EU rejected Vladimir Putin's proposal that former German chancellor pro-Kremlin Gerhard Schroeder be the European mediator in peace talks to end the war in Ukraine

Germany

08.May 2026. Sabine Kinkarc / DW

The year of the Merz government: Record dissatisfaction of citizens in Germany

A year after the formation of Friedrich Merz's coalition government, as many as 86 percent of citizens are dissatisfied with the work of the German government, while the far-right Alternative for Germany records a historic increase in support

NATO

02.May 2026. F. Š. (DW)

Trump is angry: Five thousand American soldiers are leaving Germany

American soldiers have been in Germany since World War II. Now Donald Trump intends to reduce their number because he is angry with Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Germany-USA relations

04.march 2026 Nemanja Rujevic

Audience with Trump: How much did the Chancellor of Germany manage to get to the White House

Friedrich Mertz visited Washington and met with US President Donald Trump. Although he spoke in front of the cameras for only a few minutes, Iran, the nuclear program and trade relations between Europe and the US were discussed behind closed doors.

Germany

30.January 2026 Nemanja Rujevic

Chancellor scolds Germans: Work more, work better

Chancellor Friedrich Mertz demands that Germans work more, be more "flexible" and not take sick leave. That is why they are reaping criticism

The G20 summit is shadowed by the boycott of world leaders

22.November 2025 Christoph Hasselbach / DW

Some new world: G20 summit without Trump, Putin and Xi

For the first time in history, the G20 summit in South Africa is being held without the presidents of the USA, Russia and China. While Trump, Putin and Xi are sending a clear message that they no longer care about global dialogue, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz is trying to defend the principles of the multilateral order.

Politics

23.October 2025 Ivan Djerkovic (DW)

Mertz: The countries of the Western Balkans are welcome to the EU, but there will be no discounts

After the conference within the Berlin Process, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said that he supports the path of the countries of the Western Balkans towards the European Union. But there will be no discount for necessary reforms

German chancellor Friedrich Merz received a lot of criticism because, speaking about illegal migrants, he told a journalist that he should ask his daughters how they are when they walk around the city in the evening.

Germany

21.October 2025 Srećko Matić (DW)

German Chancellor Mertz on migration: Ask your daughters how they like to walk through the city in the evening

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has received a lot of criticism because, speaking about illegal migrants, he told a journalist that he should ask his daughters how they feel when they walk around the city in the evening

Conflict in the Middle East

18.June 2025 NR

German Chancellor Merz: Israel is doing the dirty work for us

Chancellor Friedrich Mertz openly said that he hopes for a regime change in Tehran or a return to the negotiating table, otherwise Israel will "go all the way"

The war in Ukraine

10.May 2025. TS

Macron, Mertz, Starmer and Tusk called on Russia for a temporary truce

A day after Victory Day, European leaders Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Mertz, Keir Starmer and Donald Tusk jointly called on Moscow to agree to a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

Analyze

06.May 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Friedrich Mertz became chancellor after all - with a historic slap in the face

Christian Democratic leader Friedrich Mertz won the chancellor's chair - but without celebration. The secret ballot revealed deep cracks in the coalition and caused a political earthquake in Berlin

Germany

06.May 2025. Deutsche says

A historic slap in the face for Friedrich Merz: Someone undermined the coalition

A shock vote in the Bundestag left Friedrich Merz without a chancellorial majority in the first ballot, although all MPs from the future ruling coalition were present

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) disagrees with the Greens about further aid to Ukraine

Germany

21.April 2025. DW/Dijana Rosic

Ceremonial military farewell for Šolc on May 5

Olaf Scholz will not be chancellor for much longer. German media reports that his farewell military ceremony will be held on Monday, May 5

Germany

17.April 2025. Nenad Krajcer (DW)

Germany needs even more workers from the Western Balkans

The future German government has big plans to rebuild the infrastructure, for which it will need many builders. But at the same time it limits immigration from the Western Balkans. The first construction associations are already protesting

New Chancellor

10.April 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Merz Squaring the Circle: How Germany Survives

An agreement has been reached - the chancellor of Germany will definitely be Friedrich Mertz. He is greeted by polls according to which the right-wing AfD is even stronger, he is greeted by Trump's tariffs, but also by increasingly loud calls for the Germans to prepare for total war with Russia by 2029.

Germany

09.April 2025. MJ

Germany is forming a new government, the extreme right has been prevented from coming to power

Germany's largest main parties have reached an agreement on the formation of a government, thus preventing the far right from coming to power

Germany

04.April 2025. Sabine Kinkarz (DW)

Mandate under pressure: Christian Democrats in free fall, extremist AfD growing stronger

Just a few weeks away from the Bundestag elections, the popularity of the most likely chancellor, Friedrich Merz and the Christian Democrats, is in free fall. On the other hand, the right-wing AfD reached record popularity. What has changed in the meantime

Germany

06.march 2025 Nemanja Rujevic

Merc's billion euros

Germany will go into huge debt to rebuild its infrastructure and strengthen its military. And for Friedrich Mertz to become chancellor

Elections in Germany

26.February 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Headaches of the future chancellor

The voter's will simplified the math - only a coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats is possible. Friedrich Mertz will have to deal with issues of migration, economy and "independence from America". And he came to prevent the strengthening of the radical right

Germany

23.February 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Portrait of the future chancellor: What does this Friedrich Mertz want?

Angela Merkel rushed him from politics and the party. In the meantime, he got rich and returned to politics, and now he has every chance of becoming the new German chancellor. Who is Friedrich Mertz?

European integration

21.February 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

The impact of German elections on Serbia

The new German government will not significantly change its course towards Serbia and the region. Stability will remain Berlin's key priority, while democracy and the rule of law will not be in focus, analysts say

Germany

13.November 2024 Nemanja Rujevic

Chancellor Friedrich is coming

After the collapse of Olaf Scholz's coalition, new elections in Germany will probably take place in February. Are the problems deeper than one bad government and what can Friedrich Mertz do about it?