BERLIN — Germany's likely next government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz has said it plans a shot in the arm for ...

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.

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

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

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

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

After the recent election in Germany, the next chancellor is expected to be center-right leader Friedrich Merz. What will his ...