Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

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

Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...

An agreement has been reached on plans by German chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz to massively ramp up public borrowing, a ...

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Plans for Germany to unleash a massive increase in state borrowing faced new questions on Wednesday, with a co-leader of the ...

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