Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy ...

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Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a deal to drastically overhaul the country’s debt rules to allow a boom in defence and security spending as well as 500 billion euros ...

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

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

The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of ...

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

Merz promised a "great leap forward" in climate protection in parliament. Now he brings out his party's climate geeks to deliver.