Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has just transformed his country with a stroke of commendable boldness.

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home, a ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

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Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz thinks he’s found a way to guarantee larger military budgets now and into the future. This comes via a plan to exempt much military spending from the country ...

BERLIN — For Friedrich Merz, the hard part begins now. The incoming conservative chancellor began coalition talks with the Social Democrats by giving them exactly what center-left parties have always ...

Party leader Friedrich Merz is widely expected to become Germany’s next chancellor; Kiesewetter, a retired colonel and one of the CDU’s most experienced foreign and security policy experts, is viewed ...

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Friedrich Merz, who's expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has announced a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending on defence and infrastructure.

Friedrich Merz, the incoming German chancellor, announced on Tuesday evening a €500 billion (£414 billion) special fund for German infrastructure and an end to strict borrowing limits on ...