Election winner Friedrich Merz on Tuesday ruled out a quick reform to Germany's state borrowing limits known as the "debt ...

An election win for Germany's conservatives has eased concerns of political gridlock in Europe's biggest economy, though it ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, ...

Germany's outgoing parliament could still greenlight a new special fund to boost defence spending but reforming strict limits ...

Germany has the world's third-largest economy, but is struggling to kickstart growth. It's one of the issues facing voters in ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after ...

Friedrich Merz’s reluctance to reform the debt brake and flirtation with the far-right have come back to bite him.

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

However, owing to a constitutional amendment brought in by a previous coalition government, public spending in Germany is ...

Laura Pitel Well, the first thing to say is that Merz’s CDU has always been very fiscally hawkish, and their manifesto says that they are opposed to changing the debt brake in any way. That has ...

The US and Europe battled in the UN and G7 over whether to blame Russia for its war against Ukraine, German election winner Friedrich Merz faces serious hurdles to boosting defence spending, and Apple ...

The brake - part of Germany's response to the 2009 financial crisis under former chancellor Angela Merkel - limits the ...