Financial analysts became much more upbeat about Germany's economic prospects this month as the country's lawmakers closed in on an agreement to raise spending on defense and infrastructure. The ZEW ...

From the apparent success of Merz' multi-billion spending proposal to the coming of spring and a potential boycott of US ...

In the early hours of Friday, Germany’s Greens were given a choice: Would they veto a game-changing spending plan over ...

Chancellor-designate faces opposition in his own party and a delicate balance in reconvened Bundestag, which must approve ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

fit on a beer tap. In 2008, the year of the global financial crisis, Merz published a book arguing that Germany should cut back its welfare state, deregulate its economy, and encourage people to ...

BERLIN (AP) — Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government ...

Merz aims to shift Europe away from US dependence, but rising far-right pressure and geopolitical tensions could complicate his path. Germany’s Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union ...

Former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has expressed strong confidence in Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next Chancellor, describing him as a “resolute and determined ...

Friedrich Merz sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s chief confidante Elon Musk for meddling in the German election campaign after the tech billionaire publicly backed the far-right AfD ...

Before he can focus on German foreign policy, however, Merz's first task will be to put together a government capable of taking action. With only 28.6% of the vote, the conservative union of ...