Germany's Bundestag is set to vote on a major fiscal package on Tuesday. It includes changes to the long-standing debt brake rule and a 500 billion euro ($548 billion) infrastructure and climate fund.

BERLIN — Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers Tuesday to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense as doubts mount about the strength of the ...

Apart from the 100 billion euros from the infrastructure fund, each of Germany's 16 federal states will be allowed to run a small structural deficit of 0.35% of their economic output, as the federal ...

Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence spending ...

The German Greens said on Tuesday they expect the large majority of their members of parliament to give their support to a massive spending package for infrastructure and legislation to ease the ...