Germany, Europe and Spending

Germany pushes for longer-term easing of EU rules on defence spending
Germany opened the door on Wednesday to changing EU fiscal rules -- the Stability and Growth Pact -- to help governments ...
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Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defence spending
The debt brake was passed in 2009, when a global financial crisis led to sharp increase in government borrowing in Germany ...
America has ditched Europe. That presents an economic opportunity
As a rapid rise in military spending across Europe looks increasingly likely, could it also give the region’s economy a ...
‘Germany is back’: Coalition unveils bumper $1.3 trillion spending pledge as country breaks with constitution to revive economy
Germany's coalition agreed a landmark deal to exempt defense spending from its harsh debt brakes, in addition to unveiling a ...
Business Times10h
Europe: Shares recover after Germany agrees to debt rules overhaul, creates special fund
EUROPEAN shares bounced back on Wednesday from steep declines logged in the previous session with German stocks leading gains ...
Stars and Stripes20h
Germany’s top vote-getters seek to revive military draft as US foreign policy shifts
Compulsory military service should be reintroduced this year in Germany, a leading official of the party that won recent ...
Europe will need thousands more tanks and troops to mount a credible military defence without the US
A credible European deterrent – one that could prevent, for instance, a rapid Russian incursion in the Baltics – would need a ...
Politico Europe15h
Germany wants looser fiscal rules to meet Europe’s defense challenge
On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed an emergency clause allowing countries to temporarily increase their defense ...
Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defense spending
The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...
The Economist11h
The dangerous tension in Europe’s response to Trump
Yet there is a dangerous tension in Europe’s response. It seeks to show it is pulling its weight by strengthening Ukraine and ...