Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

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Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

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

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

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If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.