Stocks were up on Wall Street and across Europe, including Ireland, yesterday, though in most places it was not enough to reverse a week of brutal declines. In Europe the big moves were in Germany, ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively boosting defence and infrastructure spending, paving the way for the plan’s ...

Berlin, Paris, London, and the other European governments intend to reduce their military dependence on the US by ...

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Germany's constitutional court threw out several challenges by opposition parties against a plan by the prospective coalition ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urged sceptical lawmakers on Thursday to back his proposals for a massive increase in ...

Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...