The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition talks with the center-left Social Democrats. It comes after he backed a ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has struck a groundbreaking deal with the Green party. The agreement ends a tradition of fiscal austerity in order to rearm, help Ukraine and build infrastructure.

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

Germany is poised to approve a partial suspension of its constitutional debt limitation to bolster its ability to invest more ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has secured the Greens' support for a €500 billion fund to revitalize infrastructure and overhaul borrowing rules. The plan aims to strengthen defense and ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive ...

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

German bond yields, equities, and the euro rose as Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Greens agreed to reform debt ...

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

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

The selloff in Germany’s bonds spilled over to a second week as Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz won crucial political backing ...

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