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 ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in ...

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

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

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

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

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

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

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has secured the Greens' support for a €500 billion fund to revitalize infrastructure and overhaul borrowing rules. The plan aims to strengthen defense and ...