The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

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

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in ...

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

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

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

Germany's DIW economic institute reports that a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund could significantly boost economic ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

Friedrich Merz wants to end Germany’s deadlock on EU policy, but his solution may not be to everyone’s liking.

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 – ...