German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a government declaration to Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on the upcoming EU summit, in Berlin, Germany, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse BERLIN/PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - (This March 18 story has been corrected to fix the Spanish deputy prime minister's name to Jesus, not Jose, in paragraph 18) For a self-described Transatlanticist like German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the language has been unusually blunt. When...