A favorable majority of Germany's 16 federal states has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...

Germany's second chamber of parliament, the Bundesrat, might throw a wrench in Friedrich Merz's debt brake reform. The chamber representing Germany's 16 states must approve all laws that affect states ...

The package, which will allow for a large increase in military expenditure, passed through the Bundesrat despite objections ...

The armed forces are also a focus, with Merz and the Social Democrats committed to a massive military buildup after years of ...

Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, Thursday voted 53-16 to approve a massive defense and infrastructure spending bill. The ...

The government of Germany updated travel guidance for people traveling to the United States after three of its citizens were detained in an attempt to enter "the land of the free." ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, passed a major test as the outgoing parliament voted 513-207 in its final ...

How the United States chooses to shift the burdens of the war onto Europe will shape what the Europeans can accomplish. Much ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Germany's lower house of parliament approved a historic easing of the country's debt limit on Tuesday, to boost defence spending and earmark €500 billion ($547 billion) for infrastructure and climate ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...