The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition ...

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The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has struck a groundbreaking deal with the Green party. The agreement ends a tradition of fiscal austerity in order to rearm, help Ukraine and build infrastructure.

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...

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Germany is poised to approve a partial suspension of its constitutional debt limitation to bolster its ability to invest more ...

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 ...

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