The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

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The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

Berlin’s decision to lift all caps on military spending and binge on infrastructure marks a U-turn for the fiscally ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

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European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...

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