Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, with a party source on Monday warning "approval is becoming less likely with each passing day".

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next coalition government is in place.

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They aim to finalize their deal to drive economic growth and bolster military spending.

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats took the highest portion of a record number of votes. An ascendant far right, crumbling international order and sluggish German economy face the incoming chancellor.

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an even stronger supporter in the European Union’s largest country and

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a memorandum dictating how to cooperate during the transition period before he took power.

(AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File) FILE - Friedrich Merz, right, member of the German Christian Democratic Party, arrives for ... coalition with the center-left Social Democrats of outgoing ...