Merz, whose closest allies are mostly men, refused to adopt Heil’s request. The 69-year-old said he regretted the low number ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges — almost all of which are linked ...

BERLIN — For Friedrich Merz, the hard part begins now. The incoming conservative chancellor began coalition talks with the Social Democrats by giving them exactly what center-left parties have always ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

euro zone yields and German stocks BERLIN, March 14 (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he ...

The Greens vow to foil the chancellor-in-waiting’s historic plan to invest big in defense and infrastructure. But it may just be a negotiating gambit.

Ron Prosor is first foreign ambassador invited to meeting of heads of German states; he says the far-right AfD party has ...

The conversation with Germany’s likely next chancellor comes before this week’s EU leaders’ summit, Euractiv has learned. BERLIN – Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet ...