Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Germany's conservative leader and would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to reform restrictive borrowing rules in a fiscal policy sea-change with support from the Social Democrats (SPD), his ...

The chamber representing Germany's 16 states must approve all laws that affect states' interests. The amendment passed the Bundestag, on Tuesday, March 18 with the necessary two-thirds majority ...

A favorable majority of Germany's 16 federal states has voted on an historic change to the country's debt borrowing rules, paving the way for billions of euros in defense and infrastructure spending.

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

It is also one of the three cities, which is a "Land" - one of Germany's 16 states - in its own right. The city gained its economic prosperity from its history as a city port on the River Elbe ...

And scale up the military. The Bundesrat represents Germany's 16 states. And Friday's vote clears the final hurdle for the historic fiscal policy shift to be signed into law. The legislation ...

The legislation now goes to the Bundesrat upper house, which represents Germany's 16 states, and is set to vote on Friday. Senior officials of the conservatives and the Social Democrats have said ...