Fiscal and economic policy differences have been blamed for the German government collapsing, but what role did the country’s ...

New German finance minister Joerg Kukies said on Friday that a moderate and targeted reform of the debt brake, which limits ...

New German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies dampened expectations that a reform of the nation's spending cap, known as the debt ...

The leader of Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Tuesday said he believes the winner of national elections set to ...

The firing of German finance minister Christian Lindner, which brought down the country's squabbling coalition government, ...

Germany’s economy has been shrinking for the past two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, war in Ukraine and ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian democratic (CDU/CSU) opposition, is pushing for a confidence vote before ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for ...

Spending questions were central to the tensions between Scholz and former finance minister Christian Lindner, who was fired by the chancellor last Wednesday. The rupture led Lindner's liberal FDP ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is ready for a snap election and has its eyes on the position ...