Two senior members of the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc led by Friedrich Merz are demanding a reversal of the legalization ...
Germany's would-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified on Friday migration, economic competitiveness and spending cuts as ...
Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from ...
Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), meanwhile, has surged three points on its election result to take 24 per cent in ...
A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...
The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges — almost all of which are linked ...
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats sounded upbeat as they began what should ...
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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.
RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP Contrary to all appearances, Friedrich Merz is not yet Germany's chancellor. The president of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the party that came out on top in ...