Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in ...

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the ...

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

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

Germany's constitutional court threw out several challenges by opposition parties against a plan by the prospective coalition ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Germany's constitutional court dismissed challenges from opposition parties against a significant public spending plan put ...

Germany's incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, announced a landmark deal to revise debt rules, enabling increased defence ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.