Merz Makes First Foreign Trip As German Chancellor

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 07: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace on May 07, 2025 in Paris, France. Friedrich Merz is making his first foreign visits as German Chancellor, after being confirmed during a second round vote in the Bundestag on Tuesday. In an unexpected upset for the newly-formed coalition government, the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) party failed to secure the first round ballot but went on to win the majority in the second round with 325 votes, becoming Germany's tenth chancellor since the end of the Second World War. (Photo by Tom Nicholson/Getty Images)