The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), meanwhile, has surged three points on its election result to take 24 per cent in ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

As an export-oriented country, Germany is keen to make sure that market restrictions on trade with China do not get out of ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the ...

Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II.

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

BERLIN - Germany's interior minister claimed success for her outgoing government in efforts to curb irregular immigration, ...

Germany's would-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified on Friday migration, economic competitiveness and spending cuts as ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s landmark Reichstag building.