Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz faces legal challenges as he seeks to pass a 500 billion euro infrastructure ...

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

German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This ...

The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition talks with the center-left Social Democrats. The landmark financial package ...

Lawmakers challenge Germany's plan for increased state borrowing, with complaints filed to the constitutional court by ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...

Macron will be in Berlin to meet with the incumbent chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, to prepare the summit in ...

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

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

The selloff in Germany’s bonds spilled over to a second week as Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz won crucial political backing ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

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