A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

Germany's electoral authority declared the CDU/CSU conservative bloc as the winner in preliminary results. Conservative ...

A senior ally of Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday was optimistic about securing support for a ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

Merz’s centre-right CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German ...

The 69-year-old will be the oldest chancellor since Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the new Federal Republic of ...

Germany's conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in improving ties with Europe, adding that the two had spoken several time ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, ...