Germany’s conservatives and the Social Democrats agreed to deepen talks over forming a new government, a step forward as pressure builds on Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to implement sweeping reforms.

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the ...

German factory orders fell in January by the most in a year, a poor start to a quarter when Europe’s largest economy may have struggled to achieve any growth at all.

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz emerged as the winner in Sunday’s election, but the results gave his bloc just one clear path to power with intense pressure to move quickly to form a government.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is open to making concessions to the Greens to secure support for constitutional changes that would unleash hundreds of billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

die ab nächstem Monat im Bundestag eine Sperrminorität gegen mögliche verfassungsändernde Pläne von Friedrich Merz bilden können. Der CDU-Chef ist mit dem Versprechen angetreten, mehr in die ...

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has opened talks with the Social Democrats over ways to quickly ramp up defense spending before they’ve completed a formal coalition deal, according to people familiar with those discussions.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has begun the heavy lifting required to shore up the parliamentary super-majority he’ll need to drive through his plan to unleash limitless defense spending.

El probable futuro canciller de Alemania, Friedrich Merz, inició conversaciones con los socialdemócratas para aprobar rápidamente hasta €200.000 millones (US$210.000 millones) en gastos ...

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the matter.