But Merz, 69, whose conservative CDU/CSU alliance won an election last month, has urged swift action as concerns grow that the United States' decades-old commitment to European defence ... plans ...

Caspary has chaired the CDU/CSU delegation – one of the largest in the Parliament – for almost eight years and represents the European lawmakers on the CDU board. The trade expert is a ...

The parties seeking to build a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz are making slow progress in their negotiations.

Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The vote in the Bundesrat, which represents Germany's 16 states, is the last major hurdle the package has to clear before ...

While many of German allies have welcomed Berlin’s focus on rebuilding its military, especially in the wake of the change of ...