Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...

After the German federal government break-up in November 2024 and the new elections in February 2025, the political parties – Christian ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Talks (Koalitionsverhandlungen) between the centre-right CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD to form a new German government concluded ... by a shift of power in Germany. Below are the coalition agreement ...

The Bundeswehr urgently needs to recruit and that has triggered a debate on a possible return to conscription. However, the military profession is struggling to attract young people.

A Leopard II battle tank is on display to advertise for joining the German army Bundeswehr at the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany ... clear that the next German government is willing to ...

One alternative is new elections, one alternative is perhaps a minority government,” Klingbeil told ARD television. But in today's troubled times, “Germany must be a place of stability,” he ...

Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a deal with the Social Democrats to govern Europe's biggest economy, five months after the previous government collapsed. Merz ...

Merz said the deal is “a very strong and clear signal to the people of our country, and also a clear signal to our partners in the European Union: Germany is getting a government that is capable ...

Germany’s parliamentary election on February 23 saw a significant shift in the country’s political balance, with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance ...

Germany's next government said it would aim for a medium ... A reform of the corporate tax system will be initiated, and the corporate tax rate will be reduced by one percentage point per year ...