European indices open in positive territory, buoyed by relief after US lawmakers averted a government shutdown, but gains pared as focus shifts to US recession risks and Trump’s 200% EU wine ...

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 ...

Die Grünen haben Union und SPD große Zusagen zum Klimaschutz abgerungen. Um das Thema will sich Friedrich Merz auch als Kanzler kümmern. Der CDU-Chef verteidigte sich zudem gegen den Vorwurf ...

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 ...

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. Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

Im Bericht aus Berlin hat CDU-Chef Merz seine geänderte Haltung zur Reform der Schuldenbremse verteidigt. Der Bundeshaushalt befinde sich in einer "dramatischen Lage". Jetzt stünden schwierige ...

For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dabei geraten CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz und die Grünen-Fraktionschefinnen Katharina Dröge und Britta Haßelmann übel aneinander. Auslöser: Schwarz-Rot muss für ihr XXL-Schuldenpaket die ...