Germany is poised to commit €1 trillion for defence and infrastructure to revamp its military and flagging economy. This seismic spending shift is proposed by the parties hoping to form Germany's next ...

The CDU and SPD, likely coalition partners in Germany's next government, want to relax the debt brake for spending on defense ...

Germany's constitution mandates balanced budgets with minimal borrowing, a principle known as the 'debt brake'. Exceptions, ...

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

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

Election winner and Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is relying on votes from the Greens to push through parliament a ...

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

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

The debt brake was a nice idea when it was introduces in 2009, but if there was ever a time for Germany to use debt spending ...

Still, borrowing of the planned scale would have a significant impact. Moody's, a rating agency, estimates that Germany's ...

The parties hoping to form Germany’s next government have agreed to overhaul borrowing rules and create a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the ...

Germany's Green party opposes the proposed coalition's plan to ease debt rules to fund defense and infrastructure investments. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz seeks support for his coalition with ...