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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to be up to the task and has proposed an 800 billion euro (£651 ...

Germany is the latest European country to shift to the right, following last weekend’s elections.  Economic decline is a big ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitution ...

The pound jumped to a four-month high against the dollar as Donald Trump’s tariff plans backfired. Sterling rose above $1.29 ...

Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

Berlin recognises the rule to avoid burdening future generations is too onerous to kickstart today’s economic growth ...

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

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

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

Probable chancellor Friedrich Merz, a longtime Atlanticist who had previously balked at financing public spending through large-scale debt, has quickly changed his tune given the head-spinning pace of ...

Boris Johnson once said “London is to the billionaire as the jungles of Sumatra are to the orangutan,” as he hailed the ...