"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany ...

Security policy has become the most urgent challenge for Germany. Its prospective government isn't backing away from it. The ...

Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Leaders of the likely incoming coalition government announced plans to reform the debt brake and create a special investment ...

For his part, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed victory as he slammed US interference in the country’s election campaign ...

Compulsory military service should be reintroduced this year in Germany, a leading official of the party that won recent ...

Despite declarations by Friedrich Merz, the likely future chancellor, the future government's road to taking office looks to ...

Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would favor the reintroduction of a compulsory year in which young people could ...