Germany has an aging society, so social benefits will have to be reduced in order to stay manageable. There will have to be tax increases for some to also finance government spending. There's ...

By Melissa Eddy Germany’s economic output shrank for a second straight year in 2024, data released Wednesday showed. How to revive it has become a central issue as voters prepare to go to the ...

By Jim Tankersley Jim Tankersley, a longtime economic policy correspondent, leads coverage of Germany for The Times ... particularly with low-cost products from China. The government’s attempts ...