Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...

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

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 ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

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

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

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German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...