Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

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

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...

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

Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing to ...

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Reaching for a phrase coined in 2012 by then-ECB chief Mario Draghi which became shorthand for policy determination, Merz ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, calls for extensive state borrowing to bolster military spending. His proposals face opposition in the outgoing parliament. The constitutional changes ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

The German military is facing a manpower crisis, with overall troop levels down despite a recruiting effort aimed at building ...

The Greens vow to foil the chancellor-in-waiting’s historic plan to invest big in defense and infrastructure. But it may just ...