The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

Welcome to our coverage following the German federal election Thank you for joining us as we continue to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments following Germany's federal election on Sunday.

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

The victory for Germany’s conservative opposition in Sunday’s election was the latest example of the "Trump effect internationally," according to Ned Ryun, the founder and CEO of American ...

Workers on Wednesday started rearranging the blue seats in the chamber of the lower house of the German parliament, or ...

Germany's Bundesrat upper house of parliament on Friday approved plans for a spending splurge that aims to revive growth in ...

In December, when the German government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost the confidence of the Bundestag, it sparked a general election. It also provoked the fear of a deepening international ...

March 17, 2025 • In Germany's national elections a few weeks ago, one statistic stood out to our Berlin-based correspondent: almost half of young German voters cast their ballot for either the ...

The German election therefore also holds major implications ... economy dominating Germany’s campaign discourse, most news coverage mirrored the candidates’ climate silence.

German stocks rose on Monday as election results indicated it’s likely ... Steven Goldstein is based in London and responsible for MarketWatch's coverage of financial markets in Europe, with ...

German stocks outperformed the rest of Europe–the pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.1%, France’s CAC fell 0.2%, and the FTSE 100 was flat. Topics Cryptocurrencies ...