Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

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

The clock is ticking for Merz to persuade lawmakers in the outgoing parliament to back plans to unshackle Germany's tight ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

BERLIN – The Greens announced on Monday that they won’t support the debt-funded investment package proposed by Germany’s ...

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television that he would try to “achieve ...

Election winner and Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is relying on votes from the Greens to push through parliament a special fund for infrastructure and defence. #EuropeNews ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, ...

The BDI, Germany's influential industrial lobby, has welcomed the plans and said they would provide much-needed relief for energy-hungry sectors such as steel and chemicals, as well as the small- and ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major ...