Markets chaos heightens pressure for coalition deal Conservatives restive at prospective concessions to SPD Parties hope to wrap up talks this week Reuters Tariffs Live Page BERLIN, April 7 ...

The German government in waiting, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the Green Party on a raft of measures that it was billing ...

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 ...

Merz’s Christian Democratic-led bloc, the Social Democrats and the Greens have called meetings with their lawmakers for 1 p.m. local time. Have a confidential tip for our reporters? Get in Touch ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz said the next German government would have to cut costs despite his proposed €500 billion ($543 billion) debt-backed financial package. "We will have to cut ...

Election winner Merz wants to ease debt rules for defence Germany's reputation at stake, Merz and SPD warn But lawmakers line up to criticise Merz Greens say they will block Merz's proposals ...

Two senior members of the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc led by Friedrich Merz are demanding a reversal of the legalization of cannabis last year by the outgoing Socialist SPD-led “traffic ...

Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who are in talks to form a centrist coalition after last month’s election, want to create a 500-billion-euro ($546bn) fund for ...

Germany’s Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing but left room for compromise yesterday on measures to revamp the military ...

By contrast, the CDU/CSU, led by the likely next Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, lost two percentage points. The CDU and CSU secured victory in the Bundestag election on 23 February with 28.5 ...