#chancellor-merz

#chancellor-merz

Guten Morgen from a wet and dreary Bonn. We are expecting the five suspects who were arrested on Monday on suspicion of violating sanctions against Russia to appear in court today and we will be looking into a new report about poverty in Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is also expected to host a carnival reception at the Chancellery in Berlin, which will hopefully provide some interesting pictures. For this and more, keep reading.

Merz has been under pressure following the US intervention in Venezuela. His reaction to the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by the US military, was somewhat restrained and vague. The German chancellor described it as a "complex situation," also from a legal perspective, which the German government would now carefully examine. That was all. The words "breach of international law" did not pass the lips of the chancellor or his spokespeople.

Chancellor Merz is meeting top executives in Berlin to urge bosses to invest and breathe life into a floundering economy. Merz's government promises to kick-start the economy.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador to Tehran following Chancellor Merz's 'shameful' remarks, asserting that Israel was doing 'dirty work' for the West.