Keeping It Up? Where Friedrich Merz Will Take Germany’s Foreign Policy

... and abroad, is that Friedrich Merz will pursue a hard line on Russia. His campaign rhetoric reinforces this impression, as the CDU/CSU candidate threatened Moscow with increased support for Ukraine up to the point of supplying Taurus missiles to the Ukrainian ... .... Rainer Rothfuss, Yuri Kofner: From Sanctions to Prosperity: How Normalizing Relations with Russia Would Boost Germany’s Economy To begin with, Friedrich Merz’s first task in foreign policy will be to synchronize positions with Washington on a wide ...