Germany's parliament backs incoming leader's plans for huge boost in defense spending, but can he deliver?
Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.
Germany Is Lifting a Foot Off Its ‘Debt Brake.’ Here’s Why.
An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...
Germany’s Merz wins vote to massively expand borrowing and super-charge military spending
The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...
Germany's Ifo institute cuts 2025 economic growth forecast to 0.2%
Germany's Ifo institute cut its forecast for economic growth in Europe's largest economy to 0.2% on Monday, citing subdued ...
Confidence in German economy surges as parliament approves huge spending plan
As Germany’s parliament convened an emergency session on Tuesday to vote on a hundreds of billion euro spending plan, it ...
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German economy shrinks second year running; lack of Russian gas and Chinese industry hit hard
The German economy, the heart of European Union dynamism shrank by 0.2% in 2024, the second year in a row, according to Destatis, the German Federal Stats Office. In 2023, the German GDP ...
Opinion - Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future
Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...
German parliament’s upper house gives final approval to huge defense and borrowing package
The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...
German economy minister says defence and infrastructure spending should be discussed separately
Germany's outgoing economy minister Robert Habeck said on Wednesday that any decision on defence funding and support for ...
Germany Set for Trillion-Euro Defense and Infrastructure Splurge
The spending package cleared its last parliamentary hurdle, paving the way for civilian and defense investments.
German spending plans could stabilise expectations, says economy ministry
Germany's economic weakness carried over into the start of 2025, but fiscal policy plans by the country's future government ...
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Germany's economy at crossroads: last chance for growth?
Investing.com -- Germany is staring down the economic abyss, but likely has one last chance to mount a turnaround or face below-trend growth until the end of the decade. "Germany stands at a ...