Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

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

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

Optimism was already building among economists on German and euro zone growth in a Reuters poll taken just before key ...

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

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 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in ...

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...