European Leaders Visit Kyiv in a Show of Solidarity for Ukraine
|

European Leaders Visit Kyiv in a Show of Solidarity for Ukraine

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland, on their first joint visit to Ukraine, said on Saturday that Russia would face “new and massive” sanctions on its banking and energy sectors if President Vladimir V. Putin refused to agree to a full,…

Four European Leaders Arrive in Ukraine in First Joint Visit
|

Four European Leaders Arrive in Ukraine in First Joint Visit

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland made their first-ever joint visit to Kyiv on Saturday, in an effort to underscore their support for Ukraine and reinforce calls for Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire. During a trip intended to showcase…

Merz and Germany’s New Government Face a Tricky Challenge: an AfD-Led Opposition
|

Merz and Germany’s New Government Face a Tricky Challenge: an AfD-Led Opposition

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ever since the German Parliament building reopened in Berlin in 1999, its second-largest meeting room has been occupied by what had often been Germany’s second-largest party, the Social Democrats. Even the room’s name, the Otto Wels Hall, bears the party’s imprint: Wels led…

Friedrich Merz Has a Tough Job as Germany’s Chancellor. It Just Got Tougher.
|

Friedrich Merz Has a Tough Job as Germany’s Chancellor. It Just Got Tougher.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz’s party won Germany’s national election in late February. After weeks of coalition negotiations, Mr. Merz finally made it to the chancellor’s office late Tuesday afternoon, one failed parliamentary vote and several hours behind schedule. In the interim, nearly all of Mr….

Friedrich Merz Fails in First Round of Voting to Become Germany’s Next Leader
|

Friedrich Merz Fails in First Round of Voting to Become Germany’s Next Leader

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats and its leader-in-waiting for the last 10 weeks, failed in his first parliamentary vote to become chancellor on Tuesday morning. The setback was likely temporary: Mr. Merz’s party, its sister party, the Christian Social Union,…

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Leader, Leaps Into a World of Crises
|

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Leader, Leaps Into a World of Crises

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the…

What to Know About Germany’s New Government
|

What to Know About Germany’s New Government

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Exactly six months after Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition imploded, Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, will be sworn in as Germany’s next chancellor on Tuesday. The swearing-in comes after less than two months of negotiation between the Christian Democratic Union, or C.D.U., which…

Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt
|

Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s economy will not grow for the third year in a row, the government said on Thursday, scaling back a previous prediction as President Trump’s tariffs bite into Europe’s largest economy, leaving it stagnant. In January, the German government had predicted 0.3 percent…

In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight
|

In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the party was “ready for political change” and posted a group picture of the likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with five…