Friedrich Merz passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final meeting to approve the plans.

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

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed a multi-billion-euro spending package that passed the Bundestag on ...

The multi-billion euro package loosens borrowing limits and allow new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz's fiscal package containing massive spending increases for defence and ...

The controversial legislation pushed by conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was approved Tuesday in the lower ...

Germany is on track for a sharp increase in military spending that could equip a bigger Bundeswehr—the German military—with ...

German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defence and infrastructure pushed by ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a planned pause in Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure as a "first ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...

Chancellor Scholz welcomes Russia's agreement to limited ceasefire in Ukraine, says next step must be a ‘complete ceasefire’ ...

Merz’s CDU/CSU and their likely future coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), plan to exempt defence spending from ...