Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II.

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the ...

His conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have long seen ...

throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving economic growth and scaling up military spending for a new ...

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 ...

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

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

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

Friedrich Merz pushed the Bundesrat to vote on the spending package, which would make the country less reliant on defense ...

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz attends a debate and voting about ...

Worth hundreds of billions of euros, the so-called spending "bazooka" has been pushed by the likely next chancellor Friedrich ...

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