Germany's constitution mandates balanced budgets with minimal borrowing, a principle known as the 'debt brake'. Exceptions, ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying ...

The debt brake was a nice idea when it was introduces in 2009, but if there was ever a time for Germany to use debt spending ...

The implied extra borrowing via debt markets caused bond prices to tumble and yields to spike on Wednesday. Germany's 10-year ...

The parties hoping to form Germany’s next government have agreed to overhaul borrowing rules and create a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens will negotiate hard before potentially giving their much-needed backing to debt reforms ...

Berlin recognises the rule to avoid burdening future generations is too onerous to kickstart today’s economic growth ...

The conservatives and the Social Democrats agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence ...

Germany's blue-chip index gained 3.4%, while the midcap index soared 6.2%, logging its biggest daily gain in nearly three ...

The conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence ...

Intensifying debate over the debt brake throws into question the economic wisdom that has dominated Europe’s biggest economy and one of the world’s wealthiest countries - but more recently has ...