Germany's public debt increased by almost a fifth between the first quarter of 2021 and the third quarter of 2025, reaching a ...

Desmond Lachman took part in an International Economy Symposium of Views. In these troubled economic times, the one thing to be optimistic about is Germany’s recent decision to lift its debt brake. In ...

When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt brake ...

Long before U.S. bank chiefs like Jamie Dimon were warning about the consequences of a debt-related cliff edge, the famously prudent German government was erecting statues showing their commitment to ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German debt is expected to increase to 80.25% of gross domestic product by 2029 from 62.5% last year due to a rise in defence and infrastructure spending, according to the country's ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...

Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for the Financial Times. Friedrich Merz won plaudits for ending Germany’s obsession ...