BERLIN (Reuters) - German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the lost trust of key allies and ensure Berlin is more assertive on the global stage in a speech laying out his foreign policy plans.

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After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz has vowed a bold return to international affairs.

Scholz's visit to Paris today confirmed what many have whispered for months: the Franco-German relationship is anything but.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump. Merz also said Germany needed to get Poland "at the table as fast as possible" and praised Meloni of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party,

That would eat into the final third of Poland's presidency. Friedrich Merz, whose conservative CDU is leading polls and who could be Germany’s next Chancellor, has expressed more hawkish support ...

Poland's JSW said on Wednesday that there has been a methane explosion at Knurow-Szczyglowice Ruch Szczyglowice mine in southern Poland.

European Commission president is in Berlin for her first public appearance since she was admitted to hospital.

Riigikogu National Defense Committee member Kristo Enn Vaga (Reform) stated that Prime Minister Kristen Michal's (Reform) proposal to raise defense spending to 5 percent was motivated by positive signals from the European Commission regarding a defense bond program and the possibility of Friedrich Merz becoming Germany's next chancellor.

The knife attack in Aschaffenburg reignites pre-election migrant debate, activists mock Tesla following Musk's obscene gesture, 'Dry January' is trending in Germany and more news on Friday.

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