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A reader says the German solution to funding defence and infrastructure spending suggests benefit cuts should not be ...

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CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

Merz also said the two parties wanted to bring in "a special fund of 500 billion euros for the next 10 years" for investment in infrastructure, something the SPD has been pushing for. The fund ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has opened talks with the Social Democrats to quickly approve as much as 200 billion ($210 billion) in special defense spending, according to a ...

Just over a week after his victory in Germany's federal elections, the country's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz is planning ... The bill includes a special €500bn fund to repair ...

Merz's tougher stance on security and migration ... U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, plans a visit to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, two people briefed ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

He is the President of the History Council of South Australia. Friedrich Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has captured the highest proportion of votes in Germany’s election ...

Likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will find "ways and ... The meetings are intended to highlight special bilateral relations. The first such meeting took place in Jerusalem in ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...