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

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore up Ukraine’s sovereignty and defend Europe from Russia with or without the ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, ...

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and Beijing appeals. According to media reports, the German foreign intelligence ...

Members of the conservative CDU party, likely to lead the next German government, have raised the possibility of importing Russian gas again. The far right has welcomed the idea.

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

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

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a top contender for the chancellorship, Merz is playing a ...

Germany’s new parliament has elected as its speaker a conservative former minister. She called Tuesday for civilized debate ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, telling the Rheinische Post newspaper it was important to stick together to ...