German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil emphasizes the need to reinvigorate the German economy through strategic investments ...

German government's top priority is to bring Europe's biggest economy back on a growth path, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Thursday.

The man now charged with making sense of that seismic disruption, and providing a stabilizing road map for Germany’s new place in the world, is Friedrich Merz, a 69-year-old former corporate lawyer.

Germany's economy contracted for the second consecutive year in 2024, continuing its struggle with a series of internal and external challenges.

In the big picture, it’s impossible to miss Germany’s struggles. Start with growth, which helped make Germany the world’s third-largest economy but has only cracked 2 percent per year once ...

Germany suffered the steepest decline in business activity for more than three years this month, according to survey data published Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s biggest economy is ...

BERLIN — Germany's economy is likely to be more or less stagnant in 2025 after shrinking for two years and the impact of U.S. tariffs could weigh down an already unimpressive showing, leading ...

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has not seen significant growth in the past two years. On Friday, the economy recorded 0.1 percent growth from July to September, but it is forecast to ...

The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession. High inflation hit consumer spending.

Here are five reasons for Germany’s ongoing economic slump: Energy shock from Russia Moscow’s decision to cut off natural gas supplies to Germany in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

Germany suffered the steepest decline in business activity for more than three years this month, according to survey data published Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s biggest economy is ...