The debt reform plan exempts defense spending from Germany's so-called "debt brake," a constitutionally enshrined mechanism that limits government borrowing. Expenditures on defense, cybersecurity, ...

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

The chamber representing Germany's 16 states must approve all laws that affect states' interests. The amendment passed the Bundestag, on Tuesday, March 18 with the necessary two-thirds majority ...

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

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

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

Police raids in six German states have targeted a group alleged to be “part of an international network whose aim is to ...

The Bundesrat, which represents Germany's 16 state governments, was not guaranteed to support the bill, as some smaller parties had voiced their objections to it. However, it passed with 53 out of ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the ...

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

The SPD wants tax cuts for people on lower incomes and higher taxes for the richest. CSU leader Markus Soeder, premier of ...