German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition secured parliamentary approval for its contentious pension bill, avoiding a damaging setback that could have triggered the collapse of the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday refused to back down over a controversial pension reform package, insisting that the government will push the measure through despite opposition from within ...

BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz narrowly averted a government crisis after securing an absolute majority for a pensions bill in parliament on Friday, despite an earlier ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz dug in on proposed pension reforms Friday despite resistance from younger members of his conservative CDU party who fear they will saddle future generations with ...

BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Germany's coalition secured a majority on Friday to pass a contentious pensions bill in parliament without opposition aid, despite misgivings within the youth faction of ...