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.

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.

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 ...

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

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

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Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...