FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely ...

At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders backed plans to spend more on defence amid fears that Russia, emboldened by ...

Germany is nearing an agreement to unlock €3 billion of military aid for Ukraine, alongside a broader set of measures to revamp the country’s defense and infrastructure.

Germany’s general elections saw the opposition CDU/CSU emerge as the largest party with Friedrich Merz tipped to be next ...

The preliminary policy agreement that will form the basis for coalition talks was "no mean feat", said Friedrich Merz.

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

For the third time in its modern history, Germany faced the prospect of early elections. With the Free Democratic Party (FDP) ...

Both require a supermajority in the German parliament to modify the so-called “debt brake”, requiring in turn the backing of ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the parties ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...