BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the ...

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

The apparent deal with the Greens paves the way for up to €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure.

Germany's DIW economic institute reports that a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund could significantly boost economic ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing, news ...

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

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