The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

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.

After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich Merz must now forge a coalition government. Merz has pledged to revive the ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a government, following coalition negotiations.

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...

Newly elected Friedrich Merz has proposed nearly €1 trillion in new spending on defense and infrastructure for the sluggish ...

The lower house of the German Parliament voted to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian ...

Collective bargaining in the German public sector has again demonstrated that the working class is facing a political ...

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...