German Chancellor Merz urges Europe to assert interests amid ‘epochal shift’

Berlin, Dec 31 (IANS) Delivering his New Year’s address on Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Europe must strongly assert its own interests in an increasingly volatile world. In the address, Merz characterised the current global situation as an “epochal shift,” marked by geopolitical upheavals, a return to protectionism, and changing transatlantic dynamics, Xinhua […]