Chancellor Merz’s visit should also be seen in a broader European context. As talks on an India–EU Free Trade Agreement gather momentum, Germany’s leadership within Europe can play a catalytic role in bridging differences and shaping a commercially meaningful pact that reflects contemporary supply-chain realities, notes FICCI Director General Jyoti Vij.
The forthcoming visit of Friedrich Merz to New Delhi comes at a moment of profound economic and geopolitical churn – and presents an opportunity to fundamentally recalibrate India–Germany relations. As the two countries mark 25 years of their Strategic Partnership, the timing could not be more consequential. What has long been a stable, trusted relationship now needs to be scaled into a far more ambitious economic and technological compact.
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