Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way. View on euronews ...

The Greens accused Merz of merely putting his interests first, as he had rejected their proposal to loosen German debt rules when the CDU was in opposition.

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 ...

BERLIN - A senior Greens legislator said there would still be a sufficient, albeit different, majority to reform Germany's ...

The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

Friedrich Merz wants to end Germany’s deadlock on EU policy, but his solution may not be to everyone’s liking.

Germany's outgoing lower house of parliament began a special session on Thursday to debate a 500 billion euro fund for ...

By Sarah Marsh, Thomas Escritt and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor urged lawmakers Thursday to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on ...

Germany’s likely next leader Friedrich Merz was set yesterday to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defense ...

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