German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

FILE PHOTO: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), looks on as he ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

A new deal with the Greens could allow for as much as €1 trillion in new spending for defense and infrastructure over the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...