German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition secured parliamentary approval for its contentious pension bill, avoiding ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz narrowly averted a government crisis after securing an absolute majority for a pensions bill ...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz saw off a parliamentary rebellion on Friday and narrowly held his coalition together in a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz achieved an absolute majority to pass his pensions bill in parliament, weathering dissent ...

During budget debates in the Bundestag, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in particular, touched on the topic of settling the ...

German lawmakers clashed in the Bundestag on Friday over whether frozen Russian assets should be made fully available to support Ukraine. The AfD warned that such a move could undermine confidence in ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unwieldy ruling alliance with the Social Democrats is facing an existential crisis of its ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz narrowly secured approval for a pension bill, highlighting weaknesses in his leadership. The bill, a key coalition promise, was approved without left-wing opposition ...

In just six months the 45-year-old CDU politician has failed – twice – to deliver parliamentary majorities. In May, Spahn ...

The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are ...

It has been a roller-coaster of a day. Dramatic scenes from the Bundestag after Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz failed to win enough votes to be elected chancellor. This was the first ...

Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, is expected to green-light a record €52 billion for military procurement spending in the ...