Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

The lower house of the German Parliament voted to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian ...

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the next few years, Germany may spend up to €1 trillion (£841 billion) on ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defence was needed because ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Germany's AfD party plans to file a constitutional complaint against the proposed debt increase by potential next chancellor ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he ...

Lawmakers challenge Germany's plan for increased state borrowing, with complaints filed to the constitutional court by ...

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German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...