Germany news: Merz heads to US for Trump talks

DW News · Mar 2, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Skip next section Welcome to our Germany coverageMarch 2, 2026Welcome to our Germany coverageThe DW newsroom welcomes you with a warm Guten Tag at the start of a new week! We will be covering events as the German chancellor sets off on his second official visit to Washington, where his talks with President Donald Trump seem likely to focus largely on events in the Middle East amid the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. The ongoing Iran crisis has pushed other possible topics for discussion into the background, but the two leaders might also discuss the tariff conflict between the US and the EU and the Russian invasion of Ukraine — issues on which there is a wide divergence of opinion between the two sides. Meanwhile, two of the biggest players in Germany's automaking industry are up before the top court on Monday to face a lawsuit from an environmental advocacy group that wants them to be prevented from selling new vehicles with polluting combustion engines from 2030 onward. And the proportion of people in Germany using social media is second in size only to Italy, a survey has shown. Read on here for more information on what is happening in and in connection with Germany on March 2, 2026. https://p.dw.com/p/59e9H