Yet here too awaits the next bitter realization for naïve statisticians ... Not that FriedrichMerz, with his numerous political sleights of hand, has preserved any claim to professional happiness.
FriedrichMerz has been chancellor for less than a year but, politically, he is already gasping for air ... Merz comes to power after a decidedly atypical career, marked more by defeats than by victories ... 2026 will inevitably be Merz's year of truth.
In the early hours of Friday morning, Merz, von der Leyen and other leaders rushed to praise the EU borrowing plan – an outcome they had previously made clear was not their preferred option ... Merz said.
“Macron’s extended hand suggests he’s looking to return to the spotlight after months of European foreign-policy leadership by German ChancellorFriedrichMerz.” ~Politico.
ChancellorMerz,. You have spoken repeatedly of Germany’s responsibility for European security ...Security guarantees are not one-way instruments. They go in both directions ... Most importantly, Chancellor Merz, learn history — and be honest about it ... Sachs ... .
FriedrichMerz ramped up German expectations of this week’s EU summit as the most important since he became chancellor last May ... The latter idea was one Merz himself floated last September in the Financial Times.