The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

Unions sit down for third round of public-sector pay talks, Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 origins, Left Party ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU ... but she was still by far the most trusted politician in Germany. Indeed, she is universally known as “Mutti” (Mummy).

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied Thursday that she had covered up an intelligence report concluding that a ...

Germany’s Bundesrat officially reformed its debt brake mechanism. This rule, introduced in 2009 under Angela Merkel, ...

The incoming German government, rattled by the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump withdrawing security guarantees, is ...

Germany's new right-leaning coalition government is set to reshape the nation's energy policy, balancing climate goals with ...

A future German coalition government could take a "more rational" approach to China policy, a former Chinese envoy to Germany ...

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