Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...
Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...
Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.
Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...
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A new deal with the Greens could allow for as much as €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure over the ...
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...
By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...
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 ...
Euro zone bond yields climbed as Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz struck a deal with the Greens and Social ...