Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in ...

The new German Parliament, which met for the first time on Tuesday, has always been more male and less diverse than the ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal ...

The AfD became the first German nationalist party to become the most popular since the foundation of the modern republic.

BERLIN (AP) — The prospective next German government's plans to enable higher defense ... The plans needed a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament because they involve changes to Germany’s ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the ...

Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in ...

In a historic turning point, the German parliament has authorised €1 trillion in new loans. Officially, it is being justified with the country’s defence and security needs as well as the ...

German Parliament Passes Debt Rule Reform, Half-Trillion Euro Fund BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's outgoing parliament on Tuesday passed a massive increase in government borrowing, including a ...

Both houses of the German parliament passed legislation last week enabling the incoming government to take out more than 1 trillion euros in new loans. With this, the ruling class is launching a ...

German Parliament Approves Merz's Spending Surge as Allies Cheer By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday ...

Merz turned his back on active politics for several years after leaving the parliament in 2009. He practiced law and headed the supervisory board of investment manager BlackRock’s German branch.