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

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

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

The deal marks a significant shift from decades of fiscal restraint in Berlin, aiming to boost defense spending amid growing ...

An agreement has been reached on plans by German chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz to massively ramp up public borrowing, a ...

BERLIN - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is set to make new concessions to the Greens on Friday in a last-ditch ...

The deal jointly proposed by the center-right CDU, whose leader Friedrich Merz is likely Germany's next chancellor, and ...

Officials in Paris and Berlin are excited about the good relationship incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has with ...

BERLIN - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in ...

By Holger Hansen, Markus Wacket and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an ...

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...