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Germany's outgoing lower house of parliament began a special session on Thursday to debate a 500 billion euro fund for ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he ...

Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...

Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...

In a country torn between its attachment to the transatlantic link and its hostility to nuclear weapons, Friedrich Merz, the ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced ...

Under Merz, a one-time fiscal conservative, Germany is ready to lift its debt ceiling and enlarge defence spending in ...

Officials in Paris and Berlin are excited about the good relationship incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has with French President Emanuel Macron.

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz is set to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defence and infrastructure spending in parliament as lawmakers begin debating the proposals.

The latest developments surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's IfW economic institute raised its 2026 growth estimate for Europe's largest economy on Thursday, anticipating tailwinds from a public spending boost that conservative ...