The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has compared Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz to former Nazi ...

Germany's constitutional court threw out new challenges by opposition parties against a plan by the prospective coalition ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

Former Russian President Medvedev compared Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph ...

Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.

The country emerged from World War II chastened and wary of military culture. This legacy lives on. Katja Hoyer is a ...

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

There is “no exact number” on what Merz’s government could spend on defense, he noted. But one model he provided to CNN, based on Germany spending 3.5% of GDP over the next 10 years ...

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

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...