Germany's 16 federal states will be allowed to increase their borrowing, as a result of the reform of the country's ...

Germany's second chamber of parliament, the Bundesrat, might throw a wrench in Friedrich Merz's debt brake reform. The chamber representing Germany's 16 states must approve all laws that affect states ...

A favorable majority of Germany's 16 federal states has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

The package, which will allow for a large increase in military expenditure, passed through the Bundesrat despite objections ...

No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...

The armed forces are also a focus, with Merz and the Social Democrats committed to a massive military buildup after years of ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final ...

Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, Thursday voted 53-16 to approve a massive defense and infrastructure spending bill. The ...

Ron Prosor is first foreign ambassador invited to meeting of heads of German states; he says the far-right AfD party has ...

The government of Germany updated travel guidance for people traveling to the United States after three of its citizens were detained in an attempt to enter "the land of the free." ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...