State-owned Uniper , which was bailed out during Europe's energy crisis, said on Thursday that it has repaid the German ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers Tuesday to allow the country to put ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending.

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Box office is down, producers are struggling and a promised tax break is still MIA. "If things don't change soon, the damage ...

German 10-year borrowing costs could rise to 4%, their highest since 2008, in coming years as it massively increases its spending on defence and infrastructure, French bank BNP Paribas said on Tuesday ...

The aid package for the embattled country had been held up for months due to resistance from outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

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

The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition talks with the center-left Social Democrats. It comes after he backed a ...

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief As Germany‘s politicians struggle to cobble together a new government, the problems of the country’s film industry aren’t at the top of their minds.

On March 13, 2025, a public hearing was held in the budget committee of the German Bundestag on the planned amendment to the German constitution for a ...