The CDU and SPD, likely coalition partners in Germany's next government, want to relax the debt brake for spending on defense ...

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

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and draw up a huge infrastructure investment fund ...

Germany's Green party opposes the proposed coalition's plan to ease debt rules to fund defense and infrastructure investments. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz seeks support for his coalition with ...

A sea change in German fiscal policy is rapidly transforming global bond markets as it is expected to increase the pool of ...

Suddenly, Germany’s probable new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has done what seemed impossible. Together with his fellow centrist leaders, he has unveiled a plan to override a long-running constraint on ...

Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc has secured broad political backing for the defence initiative. A significant majority in ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...

Global bond prices were tumbling again on Thursday as debt markets digested the German government-in-waiting's plan to tweak ...

Germany's lower house of parliament will debate a boost in infrastructure spending and sweeping changes to state borrowing ...

The radical Left party has threatened a legal challenge if Germany issues new debt to fund defence expenditure. Business lobbies welcomed the plans but said they need to be accompanied by regulatory ...