Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Wednesday rejected a reform of the ...

As layoffs threaten German auto and steel workers, unions are threatening large-scale strikes and politicians are fumbling ...

The incoming coalition in Thuringia, which includes the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), has agreed on a drastic austerity programme that goes hand in hand with a massive beefing up of the state’s ...

Angela Merkel has set out to secure her reputation in a 700-page memoir in which the former German chancellor defends her 16 ...

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck wants to change the European Union's laboriously negotiated debt rules, calling them "a security risk" because they are preventing much-needed spending on defence ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in favour of reforming Germany's constitutional limit on government ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavaria’s prime minister, Markus Soeder, said they’re open to reforming the ...

Reliance on cheap Russian energy along with brutal competition from China has hit the German economy hard, and ...

Jörg Kukies, German finance minister, discusses the country's debt brake policy and plans for Germany's 2025 budget in a ...

New German finance minister Joerg Kukies said on Friday that a moderate and targeted reform of the debt brake, which limits ...

Fiscal and economic policy differences have been blamed for the German government collapsing, but what role did the country’s ...