By Holger Hansen, Markus Wacket and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

An agreement has been reached on plans by German chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz to massively ramp up public borrowing, a ...

Euro zone shares and the euro rallied on Friday following news that German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an ...

Italian banking giant UniCredit said Friday it had secured approval from the European Central Bank to buy up to 29.9 percent ...

From Parliament's vice-presidents to committee chairs and delegation leaders, Brussels has its hands in German coalition ...

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.

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...

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

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Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...

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