Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...

After the recent election in Germany, the next chancellor is expected to be center-right leader Friedrich Merz. What will his ...

CDU candidate for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio station, said that he wants to agree ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has ...

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, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...