The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday hosted Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz for talks ahead of a key summit on ...

Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties have produced an exploratory paper on their plans on various topics, including migration, ...

While Merz is already setting the scene for his chancellery with an unprecedented, debt-funded investment announcement, ...

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

EDITORIAL. Germany's likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a historic infrastructure and defense investment ...