The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Germany is on track for a sharp increase in military spending that could equip a bigger Bundeswehr—the German military—with ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

are expected to oust current Chancellor Olaf Scholz. But the potential incoming chancellor has already signaled he will not rule with Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

Germany’s Bundestag, or Lower House of Parliament, passed a historic bill allowing it to sidestep its strict rules on debt to ...

We must be able to act quickly,” he said. The current German Chancellor and the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Olaf Scholz took responsibility for his party’s poor election ...

As the current chancellor, Scholz has emphasised the importance of the Franco-German friendship, stating that it "remains essential". He shares President Emmanuel Macron's goal of a "geopolitical ...