Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, and his potential coalition partners also includes big new ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military spending without limit. #EuropeNews ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

Germany's likely next chancellor also stated that the incoming government plans to propose a €500 billion economic ...

In coalition talks, the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) are preparing a huge increase in defence ...

Germany's conservatives, who are set to lead the next government, on mmmshould quickly reintroduce compulsory military ...

BERLIN - Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) on Tuesday held talks on forming a coalition as hopes for buoying ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the CDU/CSU bloc that won last month's elections, has argued that in the era of US President Donald ...

Christian Democrats, Social Democrats agree on constitutional changes to pave way for hundreds of billions of euros in ...