Germany’s Merz to skip Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ signing ceremony

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not attend the signing ceremony for US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Merz will leave the World Economic Forum following his Thursday morning address, deputy government spokesman Steffen Meyer announced at a Berlin press conference. “The chancellor will depart Davos immediately after his Thursday morning speech to attend preliminary talks in Brussels,” he said. “That means the chancellor will have already left by the time of the ceremony.” Chancellor Merz is scheduled to attend the informal summit of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss tensions with the US over Greenland and President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his plan to take […]