Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz has said it plans a shot in the arm for ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

The clock is ticking for Merz to persuade lawmakers in the outgoing parliament to back plans to unshackle Germany's tight ...

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...

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

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television that he would try to “achieve ...

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

BERLIN – The Greens announced on Monday that they won’t support the debt-funded investment package proposed by Germany’s ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...