Olaf Scholz

Six months in office, Germany's Merz faces plunge in popularity

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz blows out some candles on a birthday cake he received by staff of the Chancellery on the occasion of his 70th birthday in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 2025. Steffen Kugler/BPA/Handout via REUTERS

Russia says Merz's 'militarisation' of Germany is a cause for concern

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks to soldiers in the so-called \"Forest of Remembrance\" following his visit to the Operational Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr in Schwielowsee near Berlin, Germany, June 28, 2025. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Germany, Britain to sign mutual assistance defence pact, reports Politico

FILE PHOTO: A German and a Union Jack flag fly at Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File photo

German government restricts migrant family reunification, path to citizenship

FILE PHOTO: Suspected illegal migrants sit on the ground after they were detained by German police during their patrol along the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration, in Forst, Germany, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

PM Wong congratulates newly elected German Chancellor Merz, thanks outgoing Scholz

Mr Friedrich Merz was elected Chancellor after winning a vote in Germany’s federal Parliament on May 6.

Explainer-German parliament deals historic setback to would-be chancellor Merz - what now?

Sunlight illuminates the Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament, in Berlin, Germany May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Conservative leader Merz set to become Germany's chancellor

Designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) reacts on the day of a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, to elect the new German chancellor, in Berlin, Germany May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Merz vows to reform Germany as his full cabinet unveiled

Incoming German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz holds the coalition government agreement between CDU, CSU and SPD, next to Christian Social Union (CSU) leader and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder and Designated German Vice Chancellor and Designated Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, at the Gasometer in Berlin, Germany May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

Germany's Merz names utility executive as economy minister among first cabinet picks

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz and CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann attend a CDU party conference to formally sign off on a coalition agreement reached with the Social Democrats, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

Pope Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn ‘with open heart’

epa12055879 An aerial view for the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, 26 April 2025. Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI

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