The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor ... It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his ...

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German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II ... who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending package has cleared its final hurdle in Germany’s outgoing parliament as the conservative chancellor-in-waiting turns to difficult coalition talks with Social Democrats.

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

A future German coalition government could take a "more rational" approach to China policy, a former Chinese envoy to Germany ...

Germany's conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial ... of disagreements over loosening debt ...