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.

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively boosting defence and infrastructure spending, paving the way for the plan’s ...

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

Rheinmetall has become the popular way to play the European rearmament trend. Perhaps too popular. Following a 23% increase ...

Germany is poised to approve a partial suspension of its constitutional debt limitation to bolster its ability to invest more ...

Euro zone bond yields climbed as Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz struck a deal with the Greens and Social ...

Germany's constitutional court dismissed challenges from opposition parties against a significant public spending plan put ...

Even before Friday's news, economists in the March 10-14 Reuters poll broke a long spell of downgrades to 2025 euro zone ...

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

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the Greens of his ...

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