Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...
Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...
The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...
Merz’s Conservative CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German parliament. View on euronews ...
Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...
Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television that he would try to “achieve ...
BERLIN – The Greens announced on Monday that they won’t support the debt-funded investment package proposed by Germany’s ...
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FILE - Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democrats Union party (CDU), cheer after Merz's speech to the delegates of the CDU party convention ...
In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...