By Friederike Heine and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Plans by Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to unleash a ...

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

European shares held steady on Friday but were on track for a weekly fall as escalating global trade tensions amplified ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's conservative bloc and the country's likely next chancellor, expects the ongoing ...

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

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens party on a fiscal reform package for ...

The selloff in Germany’s bonds spilled over to a second week as Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz won crucial political backing ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz is set Thursday to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defence ...

German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This ...

Macron will be in Berlin to meet with the incumbent chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, to prepare the summit in ...

The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition talks with the center-left Social Democrats. It comes after he backed a ...

Friedrich Merz and his prospective coalition partner the SPD’s plan to boost infrastructure spending and soften the debt ...