The Schuldenbremse was enshrined in the German constitution in 2009 by then chancellor Angela Merkel — a CDU politician — in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under increasing pressure from rival parties to accelerate plans for a general election, ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who’s dominating polls ahead of an expected snap election, said he would look to ink ...

After Germany's government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition conservatives, who are leading in nationwide polls, called for a vote of confidence ...

The collapse of Germany’s ’traffic light’ coalition government headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown the focus on ...

Riding high in the polls, Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democrats are champing at the bit to fight in a federal election campaign. But it's not all a bed of roses for the center-right ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire former corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has called for snap elections as early as January following the collapse ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he’s open to moving up a parliamentary confidence vote by several weeks to before ...