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 ...

The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

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

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

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

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

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

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

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

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking in ...

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