Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next leader, said that €3 billion ($3.3 billion) in additional aid for Ukraine could be released by Friday. The money would flow following a vote in the lower house of ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.

Germany's lower house is voting on a major borrowing initiative to boost its economy amid US trade tensions. The plan, backed by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Greens, includes ...

Eurozone bond yields increased as investors anticipated Germany's parliamentary vote on fiscal reforms. Proposed changes by Friedrich Merz aim to revise debt rules and introduce a 500-billion-euro ...

Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence spending ...

Germany's planned surge in borrowing to fund defence spending and revive growth heralds a new era for European security, the country's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Bundestag lower ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into ...

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

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television t ...

Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump. One of the ...