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Behind Germany’s lack of optimism about Merz

Friedrich Merz is to be put up for election as Germany's Chancellor today. He has vowed to be the most pro-European chancellor in recent history. But do Germans care?

06/05/2025

Germany

German parliament set to elect Merz as chancellor on 6 May

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck a coalition deal.

14/04/2025

Europe News

Germany's CDU and SPD reach deal on new coalition government

The centre-right CDU and its sister party, CSU, have agreed on a joint coalition agreement with the centre-left SPD, which they plan to present on Wednesday afternoon.

09/04/2025

Europe News

Germany's parliament passes historic package boosting defence spending

Friedrich Merz needed the support of two-thirds majority in parliament for his plan to unlock billions for defence and infrastructure spending.

18/03/2025

Germany

Germany's Friedrich Merz faces rocky road to lift debt brake rules

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.

14/03/2025

Europe News

German opposition leader Merz's migration plan passes parliament

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to push his five-point migration plan through parliament despite Chancellor Olaf Scholz's strong opposition.

29/01/2025

Europe News

Debate in the Bundestag on the preventability of the Magdeburg attack

Committees within the German Bundestag debate the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg to determine if the tragic incident could have been prevented.

31/12/2024

World News

Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote triggering early election

The result paves the way for snap elections to be held on 23 February, with polls indicating Germany could be heading for a right-wing shift in power.

16/12/2024

Germany

German Bundestag vote of confidence: What can we expect?

The German Bundestag will hold of confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government on Monday. What does this mean?

16/12/2024

Economy

Germany's Bundesbank warns of economic stagnation as trade war looms

The fortune of the eurozone’s largest economy is gloomy, especially with President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House.

13/12/2024

Europe News

German MPs to vote if they hold confidence in Scholz on Monday

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has officially submitted his vote of confidence to the parliament before German MPs will vote on Monday. But considering Germany's economic instability what is at stake?

12/12/2024

Europe News

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz requests confidence vote

Scholz is expected to lose the vote in the German parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, which will take place on 16 December.

11/12/2024

Europe News

German Defence Minister says he won't run for chancellor in 2025

The announcement, which Boris Pistorius made in a video posted to SDP social media channels, clears the way for incumbent chancellor Olaf Scholz to run for a second term.

22/11/2024

Europe News

Scholz calls for compromise as opposition leader lays out election bid

In the first Bundestag meeting since the ruling coalition collapsed last week, the leader of Germany's largest opposition party laid out his plans for the country in a fiery debate.

13/11/2024

Europe News

Germany's Chancellor willing to hold confidence vote this year

The so-called 'Traffic Light Coalition' – made up of Scholz’s Social Democrats, the liberal FDP and the Greens – collapsed on 6 November after Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner.

11/11/2024

Europe News

Germany's top court partially backs reform to cut number of MPs

Germany's highest court on Tuesday upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country's increasingly bloated parliament.

30/07/2024

Health news

German lawmakers to vote on law that makes it easier to change gender

German MPs will consider a government plan that would make it easier to legally change genders.

12/04/2024

Germany

Germany approves legislation easing asylum seeker deportations

It remains to be seen how much difference the new rules will make, with deportations failing for a variety of reasons.

19/01/2024

Germany

German court orders repeat of 2021 election in parts of Berlin

A German court has ruled that voters in a fifth of Berlin’s constituencies will have to return to the polls if they want to make their vote count in the 2021 national election.

19/12/2023

Germany

Germany takes aim at skilled labour shortage with new legislation

Germany's parliament on Friday approved plans to attract more skilled workers to Europe's biggest economy and help address labour shortages in a growing number of professions.

23/06/2023