A conflict over borrowing limits led to the collapse of Germany's government in autumn. To allow increased defense and ...

The premiers of Germany's 16 federal states meeting in the eastern city of Leipzig on Friday agreed a joint statement on migration which describes the number of people seeking asylum to be "still ...

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.

Germany’s parliament on Friday approved ... The Bundesrat, or the upper house, which represents the country’s 16 federal states, passed the reforms with an overwhelming majority, exceeding ...

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

Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number ...

The parties in talks to form Germany's new government on Tuesday agreed to try to loosen fiscal rules for defence and federal states' spending, and to create a 500 billion euros ($529.95 billion) ...

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In Germany, the federal government and the 16 states are obliged to balance their books and are practically prohibited from taking out extra loans. No other G7 country has such strict limits on ...