Friedrich Merz passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final meeting to approve the plans.

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The victory ...

The lower house of the German Parliament voted to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian aggression.

Macron will be in Berlin to meet with the incumbent chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, to prepare the summit in ...

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

Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving economic growth and scaling up military spending for a new ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical lawmakers on Thursday to back his proposals for a massive increase in ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

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

A new deal with the Greens could allow for as much as €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure over the ...