It has been partly blamed for the country’s inability to tackle underinvestment, and conflict over the rules played a central ...

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

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

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

Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against ...

BERLIN – The Greens announced on Monday that they won’t support the debt-funded investment package proposed by Germany’s ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

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

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...

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

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

German election winner says he will hold talks with other parties to adopt constitutional change in next 30 days ...