Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz overcame a major hurdle Friday (March 21) to loosen debt rules and set up a massive infrastructure fund. The upper house of the country, which ...

Chairman of the Bundesrat Anke Relinger. Illustration: Steffen Prößdorf / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Today, March 21, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) approved an amendment to The Basic ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

Former Russian President Medvedev compared Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor ... to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.Image: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/picture alliance ...

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. The ...

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Small-caps climbed 3.3 per cent. Conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in state borrowing, clearing the way for ...

The deal is a personal victory for Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Germany's conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial package to revamp defence and ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a ...