German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation's tight rules on running up debt.

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

European stocks rallied on Friday, with German equities leading gains after the country's political parties agreed a historic ...