Efforts to reform German debt brake could turn the country back into the locomotive of European growth, Desmond Lachman ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...

Germany's need to expand its budget could fundamentally alter EU debt guidelines for the first time since the single currency ...

The German parliament has voted in favour of a huge fiscal package and changes to the debt brake. Click to read.

Newly elected Friedrich Merz has proposed nearly €1 trillion in new spending on defense and infrastructure for the sluggish economy — if parties agree to reform the constitutionally mandated debt ...

Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, Thursday voted 53-16 to approve a massive defense and infrastructure spending bill. The ...

On Friday, the Bundesrat, the upper house of Germany's parliament, approved a 1 trillion euro spending package that ...

Germany's outgoing parliament convenes in a special session to discuss reforming the country's debt brake. The move would allow Germany to spend heavily on defense and infrastructure. CDU/CSU and ...

Germany’s Bundesrat officially reformed its debt brake mechanism. This rule, introduced in 2009 under Angela Merkel, ...

Germany’s Bundestag has approved a landmark constitutional change, breaking its debt brake to unlock €500 billion for infrastructure and defense, marking a major shift in fiscal policy.

The party had initially opposed plans by Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, to ease the debt brake, pointing out that he had promised not to do so before Germany's 23 February election.