The German cabinet approved the 2026 draft budget on Wednesday but did not provide an explanation on how the government will close major gaps in its...
Until last Sunday, the CDU/CSU, which emerged as the leading party from the early federal elections, and the SPD, which came in third, negotiated the coalition...
The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) has passed a bill proposing an amendment to the constitutional debt brake to pave the way for armament. In the vote...
German lawmakers are set to vote on whether to relax the country’s strict borrowing rules to finance military spending. The country faces increasing pressure to increase...
Germany’s borrowing costs surged to their highest level in 28 years on Wednesday. Investors are confident that the country’s struggling economy will receive a significant boost...
The war of words between the US and Ukrainian presidents at the White House has further heightened tensions between the US and European countries, fueling calls...
CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who won the German federal elections, announced on Monday that coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) had begun immediately. Merz’s Christian...
After the 23 February German federal elections, all eyes turned to the coalition scenarios and the program of the next chancellor. With the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU)...
Olaf Scholz, the incumbent chancellor of the Social Democrats (SPD), and Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), faced each other for the first...
Germany’s economy contracted for the second consecutive year in 2024, highlighting the severity of the downturn facing Europe’s largest economy. Europe’s largest economy shrank by 0.2%...
