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 (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 ...

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BERLIN — Friedrich Merz's historic spending plan for Germany hinges on the cooperation of a party many of his conservatives have often derided. It's the Greens — the defeated, center-left party that ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing to revamp the military and revive growth but forwarded ...

BERLIN — Germany’s Greens are vowing to put an end to Friedrich Merz’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in defense and infrastructure. Greens leaders on Monday said they would urge lawmakers ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. From left, Markus Soeder, (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria and CSU Chairman, Friedrich Merz, Union ...

According to Wu Ken, who was China's ambassador to Germany from 2019 to 2024, a Merz-led government could be expected to focus on the two countries' economic ties. Advertisement ...

Suddenly, Germany’s probable new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has done what seemed impossible. Together with his fellow centrist leaders, he has unveiled a plan to override a long-running ...