BERLIN, May 4 - Chancellor Friedrich Merz marks a year in office this week facing the biggest crisis with Washington in decades, after President Donald Trump said he would hit European auto imports with 25% tariffs and pull thousands of troops out of Germany. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A year after taking office, Germany's federal leadership is struggling with the drudgery of coalition governance. Whenever there are problems, they always blame their coalition partners. Or US President Donald Trump.