German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens on Friday on a massive increase in state ...

German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the Greens of his plans for a massive increase in state borrowing to bolster defence and infrastr ...

The euro rose after reports that Germany’s future coalition had reached a resolution with the Greens for an increase in fiscal spending.

The call to relax those rules has been fuelled by the decision of next German Chancellor Friedrich Merz – a centre-right politician – to exempt defence and infrastructure spending from the ...