When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt brake ...

Desmond Lachman took part in an International Economy Symposium of Views. In these troubled economic times, the one thing to be optimistic about is Germany’s recent decision to lift its debt brake. In ...

Long before U.S. bank chiefs like Jamie Dimon were warning about the consequences of a debt-related cliff edge, the famously prudent German government was erecting statues showing their commitment to ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way. View on euronews ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German debt is expected to increase to 80.25% of gross domestic product by 2029 from 62.5% last year due to a rise in defence and infrastructure spending, according to the country's ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's parliament on Friday passed the budget for 2026 with over 180 billion euros ($208 billion) in new debt, outlining how Berlin will use its financial firepower to revive the ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...