The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

In coalition talks, the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) are preparing a huge increase in defence ...

German conservatives and the Hungarian far right may have little in common, but they do agree on one thing: Non-governmental ...

BERLIN - German parties seeking to form the next government agreed on Tuesday to set up a 500-billion-euro (about $531 ...

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake." ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...

MAKING THINGS RIGHT — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a limited truce with Russia and said his country is ...

All in all, Europe is in the midst of historical changes. The developments of the last few days have pushed the likely next German government to make a historical move by announcing a fiscal package ...

Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would favor the reintroduction of a compulsory year in which young people could ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, has agreed a deal with his likely coalition partner to inject hundreds of billions in extra funding into the country’s military and infrastructure, ...