Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, ...

Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right and center-left are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking points.

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany's new government. They are set to reform borrowing limits to allow for ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

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

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

Still, borrowing of the planned scale would have a significant impact. Moody's, a rating agency, estimates that Germany's deficit would widen by up to 2.5% of GDP (still below the EU average). The ...