Institute raises German growth forecast for 2026 in anticipation of spending boom
Germany's IfW economic institute raised its 2026 growth estimate for Europe's largest economy on Thursday, anticipating ...
Explainer: Germany's rocky path to a new debt settlement
Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying ...
Germany’s prospective new government struggles to win support for defense, infrastructure plans
Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...
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Germany's Social Democrats cancel meetings, focus on coalition talks
Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will not appear at traditional events to mark Ash Wednesday as they focus ...
Germany's Friedrich Merz faces rocky road to lift debt brake rules
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...
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Germany’s Merz implores Greens to approve spending revolution
BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...
Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defense spending
The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...
The reactionary role of Germany’s Left Party in the fight against fascism and war
Young workers and students who want to fight against fascism, militarism and social cuts need a clear understanding of the ...
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Germany's Social Democrats cancel meetings, focus on coalition talks
Lars Klingbeil, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) parliamentary group and federal chairman, speaks during a press conference after his party's executive committee meeting. Kay Nietfeld/dpa ...
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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 Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...
Analysis-Germany's climate activists on edge as parties shape coalition agenda
Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy ...
Germany prepares to mourn the loss of US nuclear protection
In a country torn between its attachment to the transatlantic link and its hostility to nuclear weapons, Friedrich Merz, the ...