(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - The top candidate for Chancellor, Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), right, and Bavaria Governor Markus Soeder wave to supporters at a ...

Despite being a long-standing transatlanticist, Merz has emphasized the need for more European independence from the United ...

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

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on ...

"Make Germany, make Europe, make Bavaria stronger than ever before ... Ukraine and European security issues with CDU leader Friedrich Merz and the chairman of the CSU parliamentary group ...

The successful completion of the probing negotiations for the winner of the Bundestag elections, the Christian Democratic ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Merz wants to form a coalition by Easter and has warned it was "five minutes to midnight" for Europe to ...

Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties have produced an exploratory paper on their plans on various topics, including migration, ...

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

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...