BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a security agreement at a ceremony in the German capital on Friday. The details of the agreement…
By Matthias Inverardi and Andreas Rinke DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday said defence companies could count on his government ramping up military spending and that it…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s RAG foundation has written off all of its investments in Rene Benko’s insolvent Signa Group, RAG Chief Executive Bernd Toenjes said in an interview with Frankfurter…
Berlin (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Sunday for the European Union to complete its creation of a banking and capital markets union so the bloc can compete…
By David Shepardson and Maria Martinez WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on Feb. 9 in a bid to rally support…
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged democrats to stand against far-right “fanatics” after reports emerged of Alternative for Germany party members attending a meeting where…
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s ailing economy is experiencing a bumpy start to the year with farmers launching nationwide protests against government plans to cut diesel subsidies and…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday called his proposal to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to leave the room to avoid endorsing a decision to open European…
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition announced on Wednesday an agreement on the draft budget for 2024 following weeks of negotiations after a court ruling…
By Maria Martinez and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner resumed talks on Tuesday to find an agreement…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Friday the need for a reform in the medium term of the country’s self-imposed borrowing limits to give…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner insisted on Friday that EU deficits must be controlled when reforming the bloc’s fiscal rules, a stance analysts said might help his…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s debt brake must be respected, Finance Minister Christian Lindner told public broadcaster ARD on Tuesday, after a court ruling blew a 60-billion-euro ($64.92 billion) hole in…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday he expected his coalition government to swiftly come to an agreement on the 2024 budget after a constitutional court ruling…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The biggest obstacle to a deal on a mid-term revision of the European Union’s 7-year budget is the internal discussion in Germany on the country’s own budget,…
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s economy shrank slightly in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, data from its statistics office showed on Friday. The figure confirmed an initial estimate,…
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s budget committee interrupted final deliberations on the 2024 draft budget early on Friday morning, according to the chief budget officers of the coalition government,…
(Reuters) – Volkswagen shares fell to their lowest since April 2020 on Monday after the German carmaker cut its profit margin outlook for the current year, disappointing some investors. Blaming…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Claudia Buch was picked on Wednesday to head the European Central Bank’s supervisory arm, overseeing a 26 trillion euro banking sector that must now adjust to a…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s debt has grown since 2019 due to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine but the pattern will change this year, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German publishing magnate Axel Springer has agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a civil lawsuit against Julian Reichelt, the former editor-in-chief of Germany’s top-selling Bild tabloid, the…
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Merck KGaA on Thursday warned of a steeper earnings decline on a slump in demand for materials used to produce pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, as…
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s property sector is under stress, prompting firms to call for government support, property developers to file for insolvency and share prices of landlords…
BERLIN (Reuters) -German media group ProSiebenSat.1 will cut 400 full-time positions, the company said on Tuesday, as part of restructuring measures focusing on its entertainment activities. “The aim is to…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that he knew of further plans for large investments in chip production in Germany, a welcome trend as Europe looks…