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 Greens are standing in his way.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, ...

On Monday, Green leaders upped the ante, vowing to reject the paradigm-shifting deal Merz and his conservative alliance struck with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to potentially unleash ...

Germany's Green party opposes likely Chancellor Friedrich Merz's plan to increase state borrowing, potentially derailing a ...