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

By Andreas Rinke, Vera Eckert and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives ...

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

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

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

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

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks towards ...

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

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

Germany's potential next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, plans to overhaul strict borrowing rules with support from the SPD. The proposed off-balance-sheet fund aims to boost infrastructure and exempt ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).