# Expert Insight into the Future of U.S.-German Relations 

Germany’s recent election results are signaling a shift in political climate for the European country. Friedrich Merz, head of the center-right opposition party, won the election over the weekend, defeating outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

February 25, 2025 • News Releases 

Germany’s recent election results are signaling a shift in political climate for the European country. Friedrich Merz, head of the center-right opposition party, won the election over the weekend, defeating outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

[Joshua Shifrinson](https://www.cato.org/people/joshua-shifrinson), a non-resident senior fellow at the Cato Institute, is available to discuss how this shift could impact U.S.-German relations moving forward.

Shifrinson also talked about the future of NATO during [a discussion](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-video/future-nato-discussion-what-natos-history-tells-us-about-its-potential-future) with [Justin Logan,](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) Cato’s director of defense and foreign policy studies, and Marc Trachtenberg, professor emeritus at UCLA.

If you’d like to speak with Shifrinson, please reach out to [mmiller@​cato.​org](mailto:mmiller@cato.org).

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