Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

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Former Russian President Medvedev compared Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. Meanwhile, Moscow has declared another German political ...

March 18 (UPI) --Germany's parliament voted Tuesday in favor of incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz's massive debt reform, which will free up hundreds of billions of euros for Europe's defenses ...

BERLIN — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation's strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate ...

Incoming Germany's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, pressed lawmakers Tuesday to approve a massive defense and infrastructure spending package, citing the need to bolster the country against what he ...

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 ...