Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz believes that the old world order is over. He expressed this opinion at an economic conference in Berlin organized by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" newspaper.
"We still don't know what that world order will look like in a few years, but we know for sure that the order that we in the West have known for the last 80 years, and in the East for 35 years, that this world order is now, in these days, weeks, months, today, this day, when we meet here, has ended," Mertz said.
"And if we want to form a new world order, then it is possible only together with our European neighbors," he added.
The chancellor noted that the challenges facing the German government "are as diverse as they have rarely been before, and perhaps, depending on the course of events, never before in the post-war history of the GDR."
Among them, Mertz mentioned the conflict in Ukraine, relations with China and trade differences with the United States.
