Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has compared Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz to former Nazi ...

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

Germany's constitutional court threw out new challenges by opposition parties against a plan by the prospective coalition ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a huge spending package for defence and ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...

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

Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.

The country emerged from World War II chastened and wary of military culture. This legacy lives on. Katja Hoyer is a ...

There is “no exact number” on what Merz’s government could spend on defense, he noted. But one model he provided to CNN, based on Germany spending 3.5% of GDP over the next 10 years ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's conservative bloc and the country's likely next chancellor, expects the ongoing ...

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the next few years, Germany may spend up to €1 trillion (£841 billion) on ...

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