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

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.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats, currently in talks to form a government following last month's election, had proposed a 500-billion-euro ...

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending - a seismic shift for the country that could reshape European defence. A two-thirds majority of Bundestag ...

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.

The Bundestag has voted to change the German constitution clearing the way for the new conservative-led government to spend up to €1 trillion through national debt. The move has been doubly ...

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...

The euro rose on Friday after German parties agreed on a fiscal deal that could boost defence spending and revive growth in ...

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is considering Germany for a possible third assembly plant in Europe, a source familiar ...

A German court has convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former ...

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

On Wednesday, 10-year German bonds saw the worst day since March 1990 — just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.