The Latest Breaking News from Friedrich Merz

The Prime Minister will use the meeting to show the UK’s support for Ukraine

Euroclear, the custodian of the immobilised Russian assets, has criticised the reparations loan for Ukraine as fragile, unpredictable and risky. In Brussels, the German chancellor holds a crisis meeting with the Belgian prime minister to find a compromise and break the deadlock on the proposal.

All 18-year-old men to be screened for suitability for armed forces, but proposal falls short of conscription

French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray Kyiv

Germany’s parliament has approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, the latest instalment in a bumpy first seven months in office

Polish ambassador Jan Tombiński reports a new trend of refugees arriving from western Europe as Warsaw reviews its asylum regulations and border controls with Germany.

Disagreements within the bloc prevented a deal being struck to use the assets

The move comes as Germany commits billions of euros to modernising its military equipment

‘Future of Europe’ at stake with Von der Leyen and Merz desperate to persuade Belgian PM to allow use of frozen Russian assets

Irish navy ship spotted suspicious drones near the flight path of Zelenskyy’s aircraft as he landed on Monday in Ireland, local media reported. What we know on day 1,3811

The phone call leaked in the German media reveals size of rift between Europe and Washington