Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.

Germany’s top court rejected additional attempts to prevent the nation’s outgoing parliament from making changes to the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats, currently in talks to form a government following last month's election, had proposed a 500-billion-euro ...

German shares led gains in Europe on Tuesday, ahead of a parliamentary vote on historic debt reforms that will enable massive ...

Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy ...

The Bundestag has voted to change the German constitution clearing the way for the new conservative-led government to spend up to €1 trillion through national debt. The move has been doubly ...

Germany's constitutional court has received more legal complaints from lawmakers against plans by chancellor-in-waiting ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

European markets are heading for a higher open, with investor focus on the German government as it votes on historic debt ...

The large package of measures, aimed at waiving Germany's debt rules for defense spending and setting up an infrastructure ...