Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has struck a groundbreaking deal with the Green party. The agreement ends a tradition of fiscal austerity in order to rearm, help Ukraine and build infrastructure.

U.S. equities followed European stocks higher on Friday, angling to end a bumpy week on a positive note, although safe-haven ...

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

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The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...

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Germany's conservatives sealed a crucial deal Friday for a historic boost to defence and infrastructure spending, with leader ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation's tight rules on running up debt.

After long negotiations between the CDU/CSU, SPD and the Greens, a deal appears to have been reached to secure a two-thirds majority for the announced fiscal package at the official vote in the German ...

EUR/USD enjoyed a broadly upbeat run this week, extending its strong recovery and briefly surpassing the 1.0900 handle to reach multi-month highs. Although the rally lost some momentum as the week ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has secured the Greens' support for a €500 billion fund to revitalize infrastructure and overhaul borrowing rules. The plan aims to strengthen defense and ...