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

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

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has taken its place as the Bundestag ’s second-largest party in an opening ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has reached a record high in public support, rising to 23.5% in a new ...

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

Alternative for Germany has hit an all-time high in polling amid a backlash to its conservative rivals’ promise to hugely ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz, Germany's prospective Chancellor, highlights migration, economic competitiveness, and spending cuts as key ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore up Ukraine’s sovereignty and defend Europe from Russia with or without the ...

Germany's prime minister-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has stirred controversy by lifting spending caps, causing a political stir domestically. While aiming to boost economic growth and defense, Merz's ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defence was needed because ...