The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany's new government. They are set to reform borrowing limits to allow for ...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which ...

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are planning a special infrastructure fund of 500 billion euros. The German IT and digital sector also ...

Germany is the latest European country to shift to the right, following last weekend’s elections.  Economic decline is a big ...

Germany's outgoing parliament is set to convene on March 13 and March 18 for two special sessions to discuss a massive ...

The SPD-led traffic light coalition with the Greens and FDP pushed the Cannabis Act through in April 2024. The law, which decriminalised cannabis, followed similar moves in Portugal, the Netherlands, ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Still, borrowing of the planned scale would have a significant impact. Moody's, a rating agency, estimates that Germany's deficit would widen by up to 2.5% of GDP (still below the EU average). The ...