Germany could approve a fund to boost defence spending before the outgoing parliament steps down next month, while leaving ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's outgoing parliament could still greenlight a new special fund to boost defence spending but ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

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Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

Financial markets rose on the likelihood of a two-party coalition between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, with Germany's benchmark ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

The new government must "focus on getting the economy out of its structural stagnation...if the main motivation of such a ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, who finished first in Sunday’s election, has vowed ...