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

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 ...

Economists and investors have long urged Germany to reform its debt brake to free up investment and support an economy that has contracted for the past two years. Friday’s deal ...

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 ...

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