The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz said the next German government would have to cut costs despite his proposed €500 billion ($545 million) debt-backed financial package. "We will have to cut ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed “confidence” about Tuesday’s make-or-break ...

Friedrich Merz’s debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his chancellorship. Analysis Based on factual reporting, although it ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defense was needed because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war of aggression against ...

The policy U-turn is Merz’s attempt to achieve a number of goals: generate fresh winds for an economy stuck in the doldrums, super-charge military spending and inject much-needed cash into ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU and their likely future coalition partners plan to exempt defence spending from Germany’s debt rules and to set up a 500-billion-euro fund for infrastructure investments over 12 years.

BERLIN — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers Tuesday to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense as doubts mount about the strength of ...

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Mekhri feels “a sense of freedom and self-confidence” when she is behind the wheel of a car — despite being forced to drive illegally because of an unwritten rule preventing women getting a license.