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 ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

Friedrich Merz, who once presented himself as the last line of defence against debt madness, is now set to push Germany’s new ...

Berlin may have found a way to rearm despite balanced-budget restraints.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz on Sunday (March 5, 2025) reiterated that he was open to France extending its nuclear deterrent in ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...