Keeping It Up? Where Friedrich Merz Will Take Germany’s Foreign Policy

... than oppose it. For Germany, this could present a window of opportunity to revise its foreign policy toward Russia. Second, Friedrich Merz has extensive connections in German business circles. He is probably well-informed about the deep frustration among ... ... emotional, it nonetheless reflects a broader pessimism about the country’s economic outlook. Bringing the surviving line of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation may partially alleviate German industry's problems. Russia has repeatedly confirmed its ...