Yet now a country known for its reverence for the “schwarze null” – the black zero, a phrase symbolising Germany’s balanced ...

For Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz, the keys to unlocking a new era of prosperity lie in revisiting the policies that ...

A win would give Friedrich Merz the daunting task of rebuilding a German economy that hasn’t grown since 2019—and establish ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is ready for a snap election and has its eyes on the position ...

Scholz condemns war, urges Russia to negotiate with Ukraine in first call with Putin in nearly 2 years * Drone attack ...

The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) sees a "good starting point" for reforming the nation's spending cap, ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) sees a "good starting point" for reforming the nation's spending cap, ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said further discussions on policy ...

With an early election coming in February, the German chancellor is depicting himself as the safe choice for preventing an ...

Our recent notes pre-figured trouble in Berlin, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally exhausted the Chancellor ...