Germany could approve a fund to boost defence spending before the outgoing parliament steps down next month, while leaving ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's outgoing parliament could still greenlight a new special fund to boost defence spending but ...

Omid Nouripour, a member of the Bundestag for the Alliance 90/The Greens, discusses the German election outcome and ...

An election win for Germany's conservatives has eased concerns of political gridlock in Europe's biggest economy, though it ...

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

Reports that the three German centrist parties are trying to lift the country's debt brake -- before the new parliament goes into effect -- has changed Deutsche Bank's view on the euro, as their ...

Friedrich Merz, the election winner in Germany, ruled out speedy reforms to the country's 'debt brake', which restricts state borrowing. He cautioned against immediate action due to Germany's ...

Laura Pitel Well, the first thing to say is that Merz’s CDU has always been very fiscally hawkish, and their manifesto says that they are opposed to changing the debt brake in any way. That has ...

These safeguards — keeping annual deficits below 1.5 per cent in the long term, and reducing excess debt by at least half a percentage point per year — “bite more” for the likes of Germany, Finland ...

A widely-watched gauge of the attractiveness of German debt fell to the most negative on record as policymakers discuss ...

Global debt is touching “dangerous” levels as demands for higher European defence spending and spiralling deficits threaten ...

Since interest rates have risen, central banks around the world have faced losses stemming from the high interest they pay on ...