German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has accepted US accusations that Europe was doing too little to fund its own defence and security, but now believes they are on the same page.
Russia’s war with Ukraine has framed the early weeks of his chancellorship, as has US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 30% import tariffs on European Union exports from 1 August.
"We are seeing a big threat, and the threat is Russia. And this threat is not only on Ukraine. It’s on our peace, on our freedom, on the political order of Europe," Merz told the BBC in his first UK broadcast interview as chancellor.
Together, the UK, Germany and France are working on a triangular alliance of major European powers, dubbed the E3, which Merz says will focus not just on security and foreign policy but on economic growth as well.
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