Germany faces cuts along with financial package, Merz says
The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition ...
Budget committee approves Germany's massive borrowing plans
BERLIN - Germany's parliamentary budget committee on Sunday approved plans for a massive increase in state borrowing aimed at ...
German fiscal package: UBS shares key client questions
Alongside defense spending, the fiscal package outlines a €500 billion (11.6% of GDP) special fund for government investment, ...
Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.
IT security to be largely exempt from the debt brake
The agreement between the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens on changes to the debt brake and the establishment of a special fund also ...
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Friedrich Merz set to be Chancellor as CDU/CSU win majority
The CDU/CSU alliance had been projected to win a plurality of the popular vote, and thus the most seats, for an uninterrupted period beginning in mid-2022. Olaf Scholz’ governing Social Democratic ...
German deal risk now close to, but not at, zero, says strategist
The new agreement between the CDU/CSU, SPD and the Greens puts the risk of the German spending deal at close to, but not exactly, zero, says ING global head of macro Carsten Brzeski. The changes that ...
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Germany’s Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, and Greens agree to huge fiscal package
Current Bundestag could pass package next Tuesday, but after that, approval by 2/3 of votes in Federal Council is also ...
Germany: Parties reportedly agree on historic debt deal
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing, news ...
German stocks, bond yields rising as it looks like spending package agreed
Bond yields in Germany are climbing as Handelsblatt reported that a spending package between the CDU/CSU, SPD and the Greens has been reached. The report said [details are still unclear]( ...
The midterms won’t save the Democrats
Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...
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German government negotiations start, as Greens force climate up the agenda
Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD are set to kick off negotiations for a new coalition government, as they look to the Greens to get a historic debt brake reform for defence and €500 ...