Merz, whose closest allies are mostly men, refused to adopt Heil’s request. The 69-year-old said he regretted the low number ...

Germany's would-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified on Friday migration, economic competitiveness and spending cuts as ...

Ron Prosor is first foreign ambassador invited to meeting of heads of German states; he says the far-right AfD party has ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges— almost all of which are linked to Donald Trump. Those were the ...

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

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's constitutional court has received more legal complaints from lawmakers against plans by ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending package has cleared its final hurdle in Germany’s outgoing parliament as ...