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

... stance is more an element of positioning themselves in the German political space than a well-thought-out strategy. The Bundestag elections coincided with changes in the dynamics of the Ukraine crisis, and the new German government will have to take new realities ... ... Berlin are locked into a downward trajectory under the new chancellor. Before 2022, Merz had supported the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and in the summer of 2024, he spoke in favor of launching negotiations on the Ukraine conflict. With ...