{"id":156305,"date":"2025-05-07T06:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/07\/merz-named-german-chancellor-just-hours-after-historic-parliamentary-defeat\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:09:13","slug":"merz-named-german-chancellor-just-hours-after-historic-parliamentary-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/07\/merz-named-german-chancellor-just-hours-after-historic-parliamentary-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz named German chancellor just hours after historic parliamentary defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Just a day after a tense parliamentary vote that confirmed him as Germany\u2019s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz is on a diplomatic mission to France and Poland this Wednesday, aiming to strengthen relations with Germany\u2019s European neighbors during challenging times. While a visit to France is a traditional first trip for German chancellors, Merz is placing particular emphasis on revitalizing ties that had cooled under his predecessor, Olaf Scholz. His stop in Poland, meanwhile, highlights the country&rsquo;s growing significance in European politics, particularly due to its crucial role in supporting Ukraine against Russia. Antonia Kerrigan provides further details on Tuesday&rsquo;s vote.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after a tense parliamentary vote that confirmed him as Germany\u2019s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz is on a diplomatic mission to France and Poland this Wednesday, aiming to strengthen relations with Germany\u2019s European neighbors during challenging times. While a visit to France is a traditional first trip for German chancellors, Merz is placing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[21,22],"class_list":["post-156305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-la-une","category-news","tag-monde","tag-world","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}