Merz and Trump Align on Iran, Ukraine and NATO Ahead of Ankara Summit
I had a good phone call with POTUS Donald Trump on his way back from China. We agree: Iran must come to the negotiating table now. It must open the…
Trump’s Troop Shift Exposes NATO’s Growing Internal Split
The latest polling across Europe reveals something far bigger than attitudes toward American military bases. It exposes a continent slowly splitting into two different strategic realities. On one side stands…
Europe ‘really wants to keep NATO alive’, says German chancellor
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe wants to work to keep the NATO alliance functioning, despite apparent growing fissures with the US president over the war on Iran. – The…
Germany–Czech Relations Reinforced Through New Agreement
Good neighborly relations make Europe stronger. Germany and Czech Republic are united by close friendship & excellent cooperation in Europe as well as in NATO. During Petr Macinka’s visit to…
German foreign minister presents six-point plan to reform European Union
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has presented a six-point plan for the reform of the European Union (EU), in which he insists on large-scale reforms to make the EU more…
Germany Struggles to Balance Greece and Turkey Amid Rising Friction
When Johann Wadephul arrived in Athens, the message he carried was meant to reassure but instead exposed the fault lines running through Europe’s security architecture. His insistence that German supplied…
German defence ministry says no ‘definitive cancellation’ of US weapons deployment
The German defence ministry said on Monday that there had been no “definitive cancellation” by the United States of a plan devised under former president Joe Biden to deploy a…
Germany Backs Diplomacy, Aligns with U.S. on Iran Talks
In the phone call with Abbas Araghchi, I emphasized: Germany supports a negotiated solution. As a close US ally, we share the same goal: Iran must completely and verifiably renounce…
Germany says US troop withdrawal was ‘foreseeable’ amid Iran spat
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says it was “foreseeable” that the United States would withdraw its troops from Europe, including from Germany. – The US military said it’s planning to…
Trump says US considering reducing troops in Germany
President Donald Trump says the Pentagon is looking at withdrawing some of the nearly 40,000 American military personnel in Germany just days after the country’s leader sharply criticized the U.S.-led…