Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United ... Sunday welcomed the election outcome as a “great day” for Germany and the US, and said it was proof ...

Could February 23rd 2025 become known as Europe’s independence day? It might as well be if the winner of Germany’s election, Friedrich Merz, has his way. It was striking that Merz, the quintessential ...

(LONDON) — Before the final votes in Germany’s election were even counted ... we can really achieve independence from the USA,” Merz said Sunday. Merz added, “I never thought I would ...

To understand why that is such a concern for Germany now and what “real independence” from Washington means, The Conversation U.S. turned to Garret Martin, an expert on U.S.-Europe relations ...