{"id":130807,"date":"2025-05-09T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-brussels-europeans-are-gaping-the-european-engagement-of-friedrich-merz\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:37:12","slug":"in-brussels-europeans-are-gaping-the-european-engagement-of-friedrich-merz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/in-brussels-europeans-are-gaping-the-european-engagement-of-friedrich-merz\/","title":{"rendered":"In Brussels, Europeans are gaping the European engagement of Friedrich Merz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/556\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/600\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/664\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/700\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/800\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Le chancelier allemand, Friedrich Merz, et le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019OTAN, Mark Rutte, lors d\u2019une conf\u00e9rence de presse au si\u00e8ge de l\u2019OTAN \u00e0 Bruxelles, le 9\u00a0mai 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/09\/0\/0\/4976\/3318\/664\/0\/75\/0\/a2fd195_ftp-import-images-1-yqdbyupwc7lb-5846185-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on May 9, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on May 9, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">John Thys\/AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;You will see. For a few weeks, we will hear that Germany is back in Europe. But it will not last \u201d<\/em>let go of a European diplomat, while the new chancellor, the Christian democrat Friedrich Merz, was in Brussels on Friday May 9, on this day of celebration of the 75<sup>e<\/sup> Anniversary of the Schuman declaration, which had proposed the creation of the European coal and steel community. He met Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council, his compatriot Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the commission, as well as the secretary general of the organization of the North Atlantic Treaty, Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The arrival at the Chancellery of Friedrich Merz was eagerly awaited by the European sphere, where no one regrets its predecessor. Stuck by a coalition that is difficult to govern, entangled in the crisis of the German model, unable to work with Paris, the social democrat Olaf Scholz has indeed not invested in community affairs, which have suffered from the wait-and-see attitude of Berlin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \"><em>&#8220;My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible&#8221;<\/em>had launched Friedrich Merz at the evening of the legislative elections he won on February 23. Since taking office, on May 6, he wanted to give shape to this strategy by first going to Paris and then in Warsaw and Brussels, <em>&#8220;On the third day of <\/em>[s]<em>We mandate &#8220;<\/em>he insisted on Friday. The chancellor repeated his attachment to the European Union (EU), which he had already served when he was MEP between 1989 and 1994, <em>&#8220;At the time of reunification&#8221; <\/em>German. <em>&#8220;In a way, I go home to Brussels, I go home to Europe&#8221;<\/em>he launched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 74.64% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on May 9, 2025. John Thys\/AFP &#8220;You will see. For a few weeks, we will hear that Germany is back in Europe. 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