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

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

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

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

Economists and investors have urged Germany to reform its constitutionally enshrined state borrowing limits — known as the “debt brake” — in order to free up investment and support an economy that has ...

The implied extra borrowing via debt markets caused bond prices to tumble and yields to spike on Wednesday. Germany's 10-year ...

But the conservatives, SPD and Greens still need the backing of one more party for it to pass the Bundesrat: that could be ...

European stocks traded higher Wednesday amid optimism around U.S. tariffs and the possibility of new German fiscal rules.

The euro rose to its strongest level in nearly four months on Wednesday after Germany's conservatives and the Social ...

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 ...

Intensifying debate over the debt brake throws into question the economic wisdom that has dominated Europe’s biggest economy and one of the world’s wealthiest countries - but more recently has ...