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

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

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

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

Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, ...

El Partido Verde de Alemania rechazó un proyecto de paquete financiado con deuda que liberaría cientos de miles de millones ...