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Germany’s Merz fails to be elected chancellor in shock first-round parliamentary vote

Friedrich Merz, designated Federal Chancellor (CDU), is pictured during the signing of the coalition agreement between the SPD, CDU, and CSU on May 05, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images Friedrich Merz failed to get the majority needed to become German chancellor in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. Merz needed at … Read more

Germany’s Merz says Trump tariffs risk fanning a financial crisis

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Donald Trump’s tariff policies increase the risk of a financial crisis and advocated for a US-European free trade agreement, picking up on an idea that has drawn a hostile response from the US president. “Yes, I’m hoping for a new transatlantic free-trade accord,” Handelsblatt cited Merz as saying in an interview. “Zero … Read more

Apple loses appeal against Germany’s special abuse control for Big Tech

Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that Germany’s competition watchdog applied to it last year. The iPhone maker can expect to continue to face bespoke competition controls in a major European market, in addition to other similar laws (such … Read more

Germany’s ‘whatever-it-takes’ spending push to end years of stagnation

Friedrich Merz’s “whatever it takes” plan to unleash defence spending and overhaul German infrastructure is set to usher in the largest economic stimulus since the fall of the Berlin Wall. While details still need to be fleshed out, the historic deal between the chancellor-in-waiting and his likely coalition partners, the centre-left Social Democrats, allows for … Read more

Germany’s fiscal U-turn could be a ‘game changer’ for the country’s sluggish economy, analysts say

Markus Söder (l-r), Chairman of the CSU and Minister President of Bavaria, Friedrich Merz, candidate for Chancellor of the CDU/CSU, Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and Federal Chairman of the CDU, Lars Klingbeil, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and Federal Chairman of the SPD, and Saskia Esken, Party Chairwoman of the SPD, hold … Read more

Germany’s Merz strikes ‘game-changing’ deal to boost defence spending

Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with his likely coalition partner to inject hundreds of billions in extra funding into Germany’s military and infrastructure, in a “fiscal sea-change” designed to revive and re-arm Europe’s largest economy. In an announcement that came just over a week after he won federal elections, Merz said late on … Read more

Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’

Germany’s Friedrich Merz promised to “achieve independence” from the US after his centre-right bloc won federal elections, putting him at the head of a potentially complex coalition during a time of upheaval for Europe.  In an election where Germany shifted to the right, Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) came first with about 29 per cent of … Read more

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