German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is struggling to push through two key policy proposals on pensions and military service, in a setback fuelling concerns that some of the political instability seen in ...

From the army to pensions to the fate of the car, every major reform in Berlin has become a political battlefield.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, “We suspect that Russia is behind most of these drone flights” around vital sites like ports ...

The European Commission is advancing proposals to shift direct supervisory authority over crypto exchanges, stock exchanges, ...

By building “Europe’s strongest conventional army” and potentially arming Germany with nuclear weapons, Chancellor Merz ...

It was all going so well. “Germany is back!” Friedrich Merz declared when he swept into power in May, vowing to build ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Thursday to do everything in his power to fight EU plans to ban combustion-engine car sales ...

A SK ANA PAULA BÜSSE, who oversees job centres in Hannover, about the tangled web of Germany’s benefits system and you ...

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We didn’t discuss, or take any decision” on the deal with the Latin American countries, the Council chief says.

With the economy stagnant and the far-right AfD gaining popularity, the chancellor is under pressure to deliver his promised ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces challenges as his coalition government grapples with pension reforms and military ...