The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

Friedrich Merz, likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, is already shaping Europe’s response as Donald Trump aligns the US ...

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The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

Berlin’s decision to lift all caps on military spending and binge on infrastructure marks a U-turn for the fiscally ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...

Berlin may have found a way to rearm despite balanced-budget restraints.

BERLIN - The parties hoping to form Germany's next government have agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund ...

Germany has finally decided to join the party – but Europe may come to regret it. After two decades of limited borrowing and ...

European bond yields have continued to climb on Thursday as traders factor in years of higher borrowing from major European ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...