Two residents of Cologne smuggled portraits of Friedrich Merz and Donald Trump into the Louvre and placed them next to the ...

Adding to the pro-Europe sentiment will be the success of incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz in shepherding through ... Meanwhile the value of the Trump meme coin — remember that?

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s parliament has approved Friedrich Merz’s plans to inject up to €1tn into the country’s ...

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 ...

Small-caps climbed 3.3 per cent. Conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in state borrowing, clearing the way for ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in state borrowing in Europe's largest economy, sources close to ...

Germany's Friedrich Merz faces rocky road to lift debt brake rules Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz at talks between the conservative union CDU/CSU parties and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) on the formation of a future government ...

Germany’s Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing but left room for compromise yesterday on measures to revamp the military ...

The likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, aims to have a final coalition agreement by Easter, but faces criticism from the Greens and NGOs concerning insufficient commitment to climate action.