Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

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The package, which will allow for a large increase in military expenditure, passed through the Bundesrat despite objections ...

The multibillion-euro package loosens borrowing limits and allows new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Worth hundreds of billions of euros, the so-called spending "bazooka" has been pushed by the likely next chancellor Friedrich ...

Germany’s Bundestag, or Lower House of Parliament, passed a historic bill allowing it to sidestep its strict rules on debt to ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

The agreement reached with the Greens would allow Germany to spend up to €1 trillion on defence and infrastructure over the ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Germany's federal parliament approved a constitutional reform on Tuesday that will allow an increase in defense spending.

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were ...