German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...

Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...

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

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

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

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

A new deal with the Greens could allow for as much as €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure over the ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has secured the Greens' support for a €500 billion fund to revitalize infrastructure and overhaul borrowing rules. The plan aims to strengthen defense and ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...