German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not ruling out higher taxes on top earners to solve the country's long-running budgetary ...

Germany's election delivered a fragmented result, with CDU/CSU winning 28.5% but needing SPD to form a ‘Grand Coalition.’ Economists see challenges in reforming the debt brake, while markets ...

Friedrich Merz arrived in Washington this week alongside Europe’s most senior leaders, ostensibly to coordinate the continent ...

After 100 days in office, Germany's conservative-led coalition government is widely seen as divided, according to a new ...

The coalition, which has governed Germany since the former chancellor, Angela Merkel, left office in 2021, was an uneasy set of political bedfellows from the start. It was the first three-party ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government coalition has collapsed in dramatic fashion after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats in a late ...

Merz said the coalition plans to reduce the size of the federal administration by 8% over its four-year term. But, referring to the United States' Department of Government Efficiency, he said it ...

Germany's far-right AfD recorded successes in two state elections on Sunday, securing far more votes than the parties currently in the national ruling coalition around Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Germany," said Habeck, "as Europe's biggest economy, now has a crucial role to play in Europe to maintain peace and freedom." Germany's parliament will make a vote of confidence January 15.

A senior lawmaker in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition on Monday said Berlin should consider sanctions on Israel including a partial suspension of weapons exports or the suspension of a ...