Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

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

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Likely next chancellor Merz says he ‘cannot imagine’ deploying European troops in Ukraine under current circumstances, but ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...

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

German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...

Germany's budget committee approved a €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, following reforms led by ...