The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) sees a "good starting point" for reforming the nation's spending cap, ...

After being against a reform of Germany's controversial 'debt brake', which limits government borrowing, for years, ...

Glöckner, the founder and managing director of the think tank Dezernat Zukunft, discusses problems with Germany's debt brake ...

The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party, Lars Klingbeil, urges reform of the nation's debt brake, emphasizing the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz said he could be open to ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party leader, Lars Klingbeil, sees an opportunity to reform the country's debt brake without waiting for a new government. The opposition, represented by Friedrich Merz of ...

Germany needs to step up its role in defence if the U.S. is to focus less on Europe, defence minister Boris Pistorius said on ...

Germany must reform strict rules that limit borrowing in order to boost spending in key areas, otherwise Europe's top economy risks further stagnation, an influential group of experts said on ...

Germany's government collapsed because of a rift over the country's so-called debt brake that Finance Minister Lindner reportedly refused to soften to plug a €10 billion budget gap. So ...

Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to ...

“Only the first 20 articles of our Basic Law are unchangeable, everything else can of course be discussed,” said Merz. “Of ...

The decision follows a budget fight that prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz to fire his finance minister and announce a ...