When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt brake ...

The German economy desperately needs a boost in 2026 after years of downturn. Yet despite massive government spending pledges ...

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Thursday made concessions to the Green Party in the hopes it would lend critically important votes to his multi-billion-euro ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country's constitutional restrictions on borrowing, enabling €1 trillion or more in spending on defence ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left Party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament, enough to block a loosening of Germany's debt brake - a ...

What happens when a nation prioritizes zero debt? Germany's debt brake policy has sparked heated controversy, even leading to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The two political ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German debt is expected to increase to 80.25% of gross domestic product by 2029 from 62.5% last year due to a rise in defence and infrastructure spending, according to the country's ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitution restrictions on borrowing, enabling 1 trillion euros ($1.08 ...