By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

European stocks rallied on Friday, with German equities leading gains after the country's political parties agreed a historic ...

Germany's constitutional court threw out several challenges by opposition parties against a plan by the prospective coalition ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he ...

Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...

Friedrich Merz and his prospective coalition partner the SPD’s plan to boost infrastructure spending and soften the debt ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

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