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

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

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

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

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

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

The deal marks a significant shift from decades of fiscal restraint in Berlin, aiming to boost defense spending amid growing ...

Germany's constitutional court dismissed challenges from opposition parties against a significant public spending plan put ...

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 ...

Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, ...

The deal follows several days of often acrimonious debate during which the Greens had threatened to withhold their ...