Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More
The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...
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Democracy Digest: Central Europe Focuses on National Defence
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German parties agree deal to loosen debt limit, expand defense spending as Europe called to do more
German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.
German parties hastily convene, signalling debt deal breakthrough
BERLIN - German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is set to make new concessions to the Greens on Friday in a last-ditch ...
German SPD demands sweeping pro-immigration commitments in CDU coalition talks
The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
The midterms won’t save the Democrats
Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...