Germany’s likely next leader wins parliament’s backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending
Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...
Take your seats, please: Germany’s parliament chamber is rearranged to reflect voters’ verdict
German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...
German lawmakers approve huge defense and infrastructure spending
Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...
Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?
The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...
Merz wins support for surge in spending, proclaiming 'Germany is back'
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...
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Macron to meet Friedrich Merz in Berlin
Macron will be in Berlin to meet with the incumbent chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, to prepare the summit in ...
'What more do you want?' Merz pleads with lawmakers on German debt plan
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical lawmakers on Thursday to back his proposals for a massive increase in ...
‘Fiscal bazooka’: Bundestag approves massive spending on militarization
The lower house of the German Parliament voted to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian ...
Friedrich Merz wins support for surge in spending, proclaims ‘Germany is back’
Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...
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Germany’s Landmark Spending Deal Gets Approved – Now Comes the Lift
The likely next chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, announced on Friday, March 14, that he had secured enough votes to ...
Germany’s Merz wins vote to massively expand borrowing and super-charge military spending
The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The victory ...