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

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 ...

Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Friday hailed a cross-party agreement on a landmark infrastructure and ...

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

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

Optimism was already building among economists on German and euro zone growth in a Reuters poll taken just before key ...

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

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

Germany's three major political parties have agreed on a reformed debt brake that exempts defence spending above 1% of GDP.

Euro zone bond yields climbed as Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz struck a deal with the Greens and Social ...