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

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.

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

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

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

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The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

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

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

Chancellor-in-waiting Merz wants to form a coalition by Easter and has warned it was "five minutes to midnight" for Europe to ...

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