The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to subsidize German industry. Other European governments worry about unfair ...

Germany's budget committee approved a €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, following reforms led by ...

Ahead of Friedrich Merz's arrival in power in Berlin, several leaders are pushing for Eurobonds to fund the continent's ...

Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

For conservative Friedrich Merz, the vote was a first stress test before his potential chancellorship has even started.

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...

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

Germany’s chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with the Green party to inject hundreds of billions into the ...

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...