Germany’s chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with the Green party to inject hundreds of billions into the ...

Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on Tuesday, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in ...

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.

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

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

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Meloni balancing EU and US interests in the “coalition of the willing” summit ...

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

Germany's parliament has approved a massive spending surge aimed at reviving economic growth and boosting military funding, marking a departure from decades of fiscal conservatism. This decision, led ...

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

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defence was needed because of Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'war of aggression against Europe'.