The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

The decision of the Bundestag to weaken the mechanism of the "debt brake" opened the way for the approval of additional ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, had the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

After the collapse of Scholz’s three-party government in November, it’s now up to Merz to restore stability to the European Union’s most populous country and traditional political ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

The conversation with Germany's likely next chancellor comes before this week's EU leaders' summit, Euractiv has learned.

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

Yesterday, the German parliament approved a historic amount of debt-funded investment in defence and infrastructure. Over the next few years, Germany may spend up to €1 trillion (£841 billion) on ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz said he was “very optimistic” that a landmark debt-spending package will be ...