Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

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

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

For conservative Friedrich Merz, the vote was a first stress test before his potential chancellorship has even started.

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed a multi-billion-euro spending package that passed the Bundestag on ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, asked lawmakers Tuesday to loosen the nation’s strict debt ...

Germany's lower house of parliament is set to vote on a massive surge in borrowing that could boost Europe's largest economy and stimulate growth across the region, even as it faces trade tensions ...

The multibillion-euro package loosens borrowing limits and allows new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The ...

The lower house of the German Parliament voted Tuesday to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian aggression. Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz pushed his f ...

Friedrich Merz passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final meeting to approve the plans.

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...