Germany is launching stimulus checks this month, backed by a sweeping financial package that rewrites old spending laws and ...

Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...

Despite Europe’s size, economic might and longstanding alliances with Washington, Trump officials have made clear it is not a ...

It has also shocked many observers in a country whose constitution guarantees the free expression and distribution of ...

Many countries in Europe are struggling to come to terms with mass migration, rising crime and weak economies. But some ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

“The future government, the future coalition, will reform and invest to keep Germany stable, make it more secure and make it economically stronger again,” he said. He added that Europe would ...

Europe's power sector discharged more carbon dioxide during the first quarter of 2025 than in any quarter since the start of ...

The agreement paves the way for Germany’s CDU, CSU and SPD to form the country’s new government with Friedrich Merz as ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz sealed a deal Wednesday to form a new government that aims to spur economic growth, ...

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