TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

Despite all the negative headlines about Germany’s economy struggling, the reality is far more optimistic than many people think. From industrial resilience and skilled labor shortages to its ability ...

09 May 2025, Bavaria, Gmund Am Tegernsee: Katherina Reiche (CDU), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, takes ...

Friedrich Merz becomes Chancellor of Germany amid economic challenges and trade tensions with the U.S., impacting EU ...

First, significant structural challenges continue to erode competitiveness ... is critical if Germany aims to achieve a new economic growth phase. Germany’s highly conservative fiscal policy ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

Climate issues took a back seat during Germany's election campaign. Is that likely to change under the incoming coalition ...

Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and ... bureaucracy in hopes of stoking economic growth. Germany’s economy shrank last year, and ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government.

Germany’s new government has inherited a heavy legacy posing significant challenges to growth, according to QNB. Post-World War II, Germany stood as the economic powerhouse of Europe during ...