The new policy could signal the start of a new era of German assertiveness. Behind this decision are domestic factors, as ...

Germany’s election-winning center-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, led by Friedrich Merz, and the ...

Germany’s top court rejected emergency bids to prevent the nation’s outgoing parliament from racing ahead with changes to the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...

Germany's three major political parties have agreed on a reformed debt brake that exempts defence spending above 1% of GDP.

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

The conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence ...

Leaders of the likely incoming coalition government announced plans to reform the debt brake and create a special investment ...

A senior Greens legislator said there would still be a sufficient, albeit different, majority to reform Germany's debt brake ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a deal to drastically overhaul the country’s debt rules to allow a boom in defence and security spending as well as 500 billion ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens will negotiate hard before potentially giving their much-needed backing to debt reforms ...