Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the government run only minuscule structural deficits. Next week parliament will be recalled to vote on them.
EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday hosted Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz for talks ahead of a key summit on bolstering Ukraine and ramping up European defence -- for which Berlin's role will be pivotal.
Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...
Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...
Who Is Friedrich Merz, the Man on Course to Take Germany's Top Job After Election? BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country ...
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician ... Now, he has the chancellery within his grasp after the November collapse of Germany’s governing coalition – made up of the Social ...