Germany's likely next leader wins parliament's backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending
Berlin – Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance ...
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats, currently in talks to form a government following last month's election, had proposed a 500-billion-euro ...
The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending.
With the Trump administration expected to disengage from Europe, bloc leaders appear to be serious about banding together on ...
Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy ...
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German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.
The new policy could signal the start of a new era of German assertiveness. Behind this decision are domestic factors, as ...
Germany's constitutional court has received more legal complaints from lawmakers against plans by chancellor-in-waiting ...
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