Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com Inc. has renewed its interest in acquiring German electronics retailer Ceconomy AG, according ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, vowed to hold course on his disputed plan to limit ...

Even bigger obstacle to digitally driven structural change in the economy, especially in Germany, is the growing digital-technology gap between the European Union and the other two global economic ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

German inflation was unchanged year-on-year at 2.8% in January, preliminary data from the country's statistics office ...

"The Italian economy is so tied to the European economy that thinking tariffs could only penalize France or Germany without hurting us is an illusion," said Arturo Varvelli, director of the European ...

The mood among German businesses darkened this month as the country braces for new administrations in both Washington and Berlin. The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment, which tracks expectations ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — As the World Economic Forum’s annual gabfest got into full ... has been riven by political discord in countries like France and Germany. Some recently ascendant leaders like ...

The most important European data release was the confirmation from Germany that, during 2024, its economy contracted for the second consecutive year. Europe's largest economy shrank by 0.2% during ...

BERLIN — Germany’s economy shrank for the second straight year in 2024 as worried consumers held back on spending and Chinese competition ate into the country’s traditional exports of cars ...

The EU has been left humiliated as the economy of Germany, once Europe's powerhouse, has shrunk for the second year in a row, with the threat of a winter recession looming. The economy contracted ...