Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

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

The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...

The Greens vow to foil the chancellor-in-waiting’s historic plan to invest big in defense and infrastructure. But it may just ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced ...

By Sarah Marsh, Thomas Escritt and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...