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 ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending package for ...

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

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

Germany plans to allocate 3 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine. This decision follows an agreement on constitutional reform to boost defense spending. The funding is contingent on an upper house ...

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.

Current Bundestag could pass package next Tuesday, but after that, approval by 2/3 of votes in Federal Council is also ...

Italian banking giant UniCredit announced on Friday it had received approval from the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase ...

German government bond yields, equities and the euro all rose on Friday on reports Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich ...

Germany's three major political parties have agreed on a reformed debt brake that exempts defence spending above 1% of GDP.