Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the ...

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Current Bundestag could pass package next Tuesday, but after that, approval by 2/3 of votes in Federal Council is also ...

Under Merz, a one-time fiscal conservative, Germany is ready to lift its debt ceiling and enlarge defence spending in ...

In an increasingly secularized country, Catholic and Protestant institutions are losing influence in political debates. Amid ...

Coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats to form a new federal government began Thursday.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.

The February 23 parliamentary poll in Germany produced several outcomes, the prominent being a highly fractured verdict.

US nuclear weapons are still stationed in Germany. But President Donald Trump's pivot away from Europe is weakening shared ...

The agreement reached with the Greens would allow Germany to spend up to €1 trillion on defence and infrastructure over the ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's conservative bloc and the country's likely next chancellor, expects the ongoing ...