Two senior members of the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc led by Friedrich Merz are demanding a reversal of the legalization ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said coalition negotiations between his conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) were focused on resolving major points of contention but ...

Germany’s coalition talks reveal a divide over foreign aid spending, with the SPD pushing to maintain 0.7% of GDP while the ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union CDU, left, and the co-leaders of the Social Democratic ...

From left, parliamentary Group Leader of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party Alexander Dobrindt, the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz, the c ...

The AfD, which doubled its share of the vote to 20.8 percent and has 152 seats in the 630-seat legislature, is now the ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian "sister party" the Christian Social Union (CSU) won the February election. However, to have a majority in the new parliament — whic ...

Germany's 16 federal states will be allowed to increase their borrowing, as a result of the reform of the country's ...

Germany's prime minister-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has stirred controversy by lifting spending caps, causing a political stir domestically. While aiming to boost economic growth and defense, Merz's ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level ...

As a younger generation, however, we have the ability to build and maintain foreign relationships for our future by taking ...