German business optimism rose to the highest level since June 2024 as Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz readies hundreds ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

His critics though, including the Greens, accuse him of "voter fraud" for promising not to open the spending taps during the ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

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

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The ...

The large package of measures, aimed at waiving Germany's debt rules for defense spending and setting up an infrastructure ...