Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

An agreement has been reached on plans by German chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz to massively ramp up public borrowing, a ...

Optimism was already building among economists on German and euro zone growth in a Reuters poll taken just before key ...

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

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone shares and the euro rallied on Friday following news that German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in ...

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...

Germany’s big-bang spending plans jolted markets, but there are reasons to be skeptical that the impact will be immediate.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...