World leaders are sensing future confidence and optimism in the election of Pope Leo XIV. The Pope "inspires the world through his commitment to peace and dialogue", writes the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
World politicsGermany's new government orders the border police to reject paperless migrants, including asylum seekers, announces Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. Switzerland reacts negatively to the extended border surveillance.
WorldFrance and Germany will work "hand in hand", says President Emmanuel Macron after a first meeting with the new Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Ukraine can rely on Germany and France, promises Merz.
ConflictsThe start was about to end in fiasco for the new Federal Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz. Now there is a chance for revenge in immediate top-level meetings with France and Poland.
WorldHe was outmaneuvered by Angela Merkel and disappeared from politics. Now Friedrich Merz has got his final revenge. When the relationship with the USA is in turmoil, many hope that Germany's new Chancellor will take on a global leadership role, without provoking Donald Trump. Can Merz do as other leaders before him – and charm the American President on the golf course?
World politicsThe German Bundestag does not put forward Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor. The result is surprising. It is astonishing. I had not counted on that, says Ann-Kristin Kölln, professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.
World politicsThe Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's new Chancellor, after the fiasco when he did not get enough votes in a first ballot. What a day it has been, says Merz who later in the evening can look forward to both a cabinet meeting and a well-chilled beer.
World politicsThe Stockholm stock exchange fell on Tuesday in uneasy trading ahead of several heavy central bank announcements during the week. German politics also loomed in the background. The anxiety was fueled by the fact that the Christian Democratic leader Friedrich Merz did not receive a clear mandate as Chancellor in a first parliamentary vote.
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