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

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

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

The leaders of the centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) - the CDU's sister party that ...

Merz's tougher stance on migration reflects a changing political landscape, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative ... Here are the main issues: Voters put Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian ally, the CSU ...

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

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his proposed huge spending boost for defence was needed because ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending package has cleared its final hurdle in Germany’s outgoing parliament as the conservative chancellor-in-waiting turns to difficult coalition talks with Social Democrats.

But voter reaction to Merz's decision will surface in the polls in the coming weeks, Wolf said. "It is quite likely that this will cost the (CDU/CSU) and Friedrich Merz support." Already ...