The ‘ReArm Europe’ plan, introduced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, seeks to mobilise €800 billion for defence over four years. It includes €150 billion in loans, fiscal ...

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

BERLIN: Germany is set to rearm in a way not seen since World War II after likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

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 ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are planning a special infrastructure fund of 500 billion euros. The German IT and digital sector also ...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which ...

Germany’s recent election must be understood in the context of broader geopolitical changes. For the first time in Germany’s ...

"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 ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social ...

On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed an emergency clause allowing countries to temporarily increase their defense ...

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

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