Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the ...

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

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

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

Euro zone bond yields climbed as Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz struck a deal with the Greens and Social ...

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.

The apparent deal with the Greens paves the way for up to €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure.

Even before Friday's news, economists in the March 10-14 Reuters poll broke a long spell of downgrades to 2025 euro zone ...