STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday ruled out a further loosening of German ...

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 ...

Germany's conservative CDU party is positioning itself against a further loosening of the country's debt brake, a constitutional rule that limits government debt. In a motion adopted at a conference ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -A commission of experts tasked with modernising a cap on public borrowing in Europe's biggest economy met on Thursday for the first time, Germany's finance ministry said. The ...

Germany is considering exempting funds for a planned raw-materials fund from the country’s debt restrictions, a move that could provide additional financial leeway to diversify critical supplies more ...

Germany will borrow about a fifth more than planned in the coming months to help fund a surge in spending, while a deal to secure a €46 billion ($53 billion) package of tax breaks highlighted how debt ...

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 ...

Desmond Lachman took part in an International Economy Symposium of Views. In these troubled economic times, the one thing to be optimistic about is Germany’s recent decision to lift its debt brake. In ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...