Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has used his first official visit to India to signal that Berlin now sees New Delhi as a central partner for trade, technology and security in an increasingly fractured world order.

India and Germany have outlined a broad, future-focused roadmap to deepen their strategic partnership, following the first official visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to India from January 12–13 2026. This was also Merz’s first trip to Asia as the German chancellor.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to the Bosch campus here on Tuesday underscored the deep economic and technological ties between India and Germany in the areas of mobility, manufacturing and innovation,

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on Monday in the Indian city of Gandhinagar to strengthen economic and security ties.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Bengaluru for the second day of his official visit to India. He will tour Bosch's India headquarters and the Centre for Nano Science & Engineering at IISc. Merz’

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday visited Bengaluru, as part of his two-day visit to India, which began in Ahmedabad with meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, accusing them of “prioritising” the reception of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over formally welcoming and seeing off German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during his visit to the state.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz floated on Monday the possibility that the European Union and India could sign a landmark free trade agreement by the end of January, a move that could reshape global trade ties as protectionism rises and U.

Addressing a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the latter’s official visit to India, PM Modi highlighted the deep historical and philosophical ties between the two countries and noted that the German Chancellor’s visit coincided with the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.