Germany, Parties

'Germany is back': Parties strike deal for historic spending boost
Germany's conservatives sealed a crucial deal Friday for a historic boost to defence and infrastructure spending, with leader-in-waiting Friedrich Merz declaring "Germany is back" as Europe grapples w
'Germany is back': Merz says parties agree on huge spending plan
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively boosting defense
German parties agree on historic debt deal, sources say
By Holger Hansen, Markus Wacket and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in state borrowing in Europe's largest economy,
Germany parties agree on historic defense spending deal
Germany’s new leader has a majority in parliament to pass a deal that would unlock hundreds of billions in spending on defense and infrastructure.
'Germany is back': Parties agree on massive €500bn spending plan
Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Friday hailed a cross-party agreement on a landmark infrastructure and defence package amounting to €500 billion ($545 billion). The agreement between his conservative bloc,
Germany set to boost defense with historic debt deal
The future Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, confirmed on Friday that the CDU/CSU Christian Democratic parties and Social Democrats have reached an agreement with the Greens to increase Germany's debt to allocate additional funds for defense purposes.
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Meet the green policy wonks in Germany’s Christian Democrats
Merz promised a "great leap forward" in climate protection in parliament. Now he brings out his party's climate geeks to deliver.
Germany’s Energy And Climate Policy Under CDU: What To Predict
Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, ...
German SPD demands sweeping pro-immigration commitments in CDU coalition talks
The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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In Germany, Christian churches losing political influence
In an increasingly secularized country, Catholic and Protestant institutions are losing influence in political debates. Amid ...
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Germany’s Merz implores Greens to approve spending revolution
BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...
Germany 2025 poll results: a highly fractured verdict
The February 23 parliamentary poll in Germany produced several outcomes, the prominent being a highly fractured verdict.
Germany’s Friedrich Merz offers concessions to Greens over ‘historic’ spending plan
Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...
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Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Leftwing defector Wagenknecht sues for election recount, AfD success hits tourism in eastern states, investigators probe ...
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Germany’s Greens vow to quash Merz’s spending revolution
The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...
Germany’s conservatives, SPD woo Greens to push through spending plan
The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...
Stop the rearmament of Germany! Socialism, not war!
The Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) have launched a massive rearmament programme, aiming to ...