Germany's highest court has ruled that the government's 2021 reallocation of unused coronavirus pandemic credit is unconstitutional. The government's climate action budget is now €60 billion short.| dw.com
Friedrich Merz is the 10th chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is also the chairman of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).| dw.com
Germany's strongest political party, currently headed by Friedrich Merz, was in power for most of the time since the end of World War II.| dw.com
Russia's war against Ukraine has sparked a humanitarian crisis for the Ukrainian people and upended global food and energy security.| dw.com
After emerging in late 2019, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 set off a global pandemic. New variants continue to infect people around the world.| dw.com