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By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Germany cannot defend itself without taking on new debt, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Tuesday, justifying rising defence spending amid growing ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: AfD state-election win raises pressure on Germany’s Bitcoin tax fight
The crypto-tax discussion in Germany has become significantly more political. The right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), which has made headlines with its call to maintain the low 12-month ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Why AfD victory raises a new risk for Germany’s economic recovery
AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt victory adds a new political risk to Germany’s fragile recovery, raising fears that fragmentation in Berlin could delay reforms needed to sustain growth. View on euronews ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany growing again after three-year recession, says Merz
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Germany is on the road to economic recovery, declaring that the country is growing again after three years of recession. "We have three years of recession behind us ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: US officials protest to Germany over currency intervention criticism at heated G20 meeting
US officials protested Germany's criticism of Treasury's yen support operation and Russia's return to G20 talks in Asheville, deepening ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister as his coalition collapses
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday he was firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, signaling the collapse of the ruling three-party coalition that relied ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany warming to UniCredit on Commerzbank seen bolstering way for European bank deals
Germany's tilt towards a deal with UniCredit's CEO Andrea Orcel to take over Commerzbank, after years of his manoeuvring, could prompt other European nations and banks to warm to further banking ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany’s New Finance Chief Rules Out Federal Funding Freeze
Germany’s new finance minister dismissed fears the political turmoil in Berlin will trigger a funding freeze, pledging the federal government will be fully capable of functioning in the weeks before ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: With Finance Minister's Ukraine visit, Germany escalates war with Russia and austerity at home
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, August 6, 2025, [AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi] With the visit of German Finance Minister, ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany's finance minister: fiscal normalization is just beginning
BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Germany's budget for 2024 is one of the first steps in its return to sustainable finances, made necessary by higher borrowing costs and greater financial burdens in the ...
News Germany » Berlin » Finance: Germany's coalition government collapses as Chancellor Scholz fires his finance chief
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, paving the way for a confidence vote by parliament on Jan. 15 that is expected to lead to early elections next ...