Global bond prices were tumbling again on Thursday as debt markets digested the German government-in-waiting's plan to tweak ...

German lawmakers will debate a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund and sweeping changes to state borrowing rules to fund ...

Germany's lower house of parliament will debate a boost in infrastructure spending and sweeping changes to state borrowing ...

The euro (EURUSD) exchanged hands at $1.0801 - up 4% this year - as the German DAX stock-market index DX:DAX again hit a new record, with gains in 2025 extended to 17%.

Germany's political parties hoping to form the next government have agreed to loosen the country's strict "debt brake" system which constitutionally limits new government borrowing to 0.35% of GDP.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz (pictured) outlined plans to exclude military spending from the country's stringent ...

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

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

The radical Left party has threatened a legal challenge if Germany issues new debt to fund defence expenditure. Business lobbies welcomed the plans but said they need to be accompanied by regulatory ...

Germany's blue-chip index gained 3.4%, while the midcap index soared 6.2%, logging its biggest daily gain in nearly three years. The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a ...

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 ...

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