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

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

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the ...

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

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

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

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

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to America’s shrinking security guarantees. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from ...

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

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

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.

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 ...