For Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz, the keys to unlocking a new era of prosperity lie in revisiting the policies that ...

A win would give Friedrich Merz the daunting task of rebuilding a German economy that hasn’t grown since 2019—and establish ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the ...

Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he could be open to reforming the debt brake, which limits the public deficit to 0.35% of ...

Conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz said he’s open to reform Germany’s strict borrowing limits as long as ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz launched his election bid with a stinging attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz, calling ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said further discussions on policy ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in a government declaration about the ...

Our recent notes pre-figured trouble in Berlin, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally exhausted the Chancellor ...

One option is to suspend the debt brake citing special circumstances. Germany reimposed the debt brake in 2024 after four ...