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

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

Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he could be open to reforming the debt brake, which limits the public deficit to 0.35% of ...

One option is to suspend the debt brake citing special circumstances. Germany reimposed the debt brake in 2024 after four ...

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

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

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 ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he was open to reforming the country's constitutional brake on ...

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 ...

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

Conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz said he’s open to reform Germany’s strict borrowing limits as long as ...