The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Probable chancellor Friedrich Merz, a longtime Atlanticist who had previously balked at financing public spending through large-scale debt, has quickly changed his tune given the head-spinning pace of ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Leaders of the likely incoming coalition government announced plans to reform the debt brake and create a special investment ...

The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul ...

Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for the ...

I want to make it very clear: in view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent, the following must now also ...

Center-right election winner Friedrich Merz, who is trying to form a coalition government with the center-left Social ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake." ...