Global bond prices were tumbling again on Thursday as debt markets digested the German government-in-waiting's plan to tweak ...

Germany's lower house of parliament will debate a boost in infrastructure spending and sweeping changes to state borrowing ...

The euro (EURUSD) exchanged hands at $1.0801 - up 4% this year - as the German DAX stock-market index DX:DAX again hit a new record, with gains in 2025 extended to 17%.

Germany's political parties hoping to form the next government have agreed to loosen the country's strict "debt brake" system which constitutionally limits new government borrowing to 0.35% of GDP.

Berlin may have found a way to rearm despite balanced-budget restraints.

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

The radical Left party has threatened a legal challenge if Germany issues new debt to fund defence expenditure. Business lobbies welcomed the plans but said they need to be accompanied by regulatory ...

Germany's blue-chip index gained 3.4%, while the midcap index soared 6.2%, logging its biggest daily gain in nearly three years. The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a ...

Probable chancellor Friedrich Merz, a longtime Atlanticist who had previously balked at financing public spending through large-scale debt, has quickly changed his tune given the head-spinning pace of ...

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

Boris Johnson once said “London is to the billionaire as the jungles of Sumatra are to the orangutan,” as he hailed the ...

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