BERLIN German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C) delivers his first government statement during a session at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin on May 14, 2025 Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday that his government will seek to make Germany 's military "the strongest conventional army in Europe" at a time of rising geopolitical uncertainty. In his first major parliamentary address since being inaugurated last week, Merz said his government would "provide all