German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Brussels for talks with top EU and NATO leaders on his second foreign trip since taking office.
He’ll meet NATO’s Mark Rutte as well as EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, and Roberta Metsola after stops in Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday.
Merz, who had slammed his predecessor Olaf Scholz for “silence in European policy,” now promises Germany’s “voice in Europe and in the world” will be heard again.
Here’s a roundup of developments from and about Germany on Friday, May 9: