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

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.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the ...

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens party on a fiscal reform package for ...

Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed what amounts to a fiscal policy ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor on Thursday urged outgoing members of parliament to exempt some defense spending from the ...

Friedrich Merz and his prospective coalition partner the SPD’s plan to boost infrastructure spending and soften the debt ...

Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, struck a deal to loosen borrowing limits, unleashing €500 billion for defence and infrastructure. Markets surged, while analysts debated its impact on ...

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

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.

The agreement reached with the Greens would allow Germany to spend up to €1 trillion on defence and infrastructure over the ...