Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Monday he expected public debt to reach around 80% of Germany's economic output by the end of the coronavirus crisis, the level it reached at the end of the global ...

European finance ministers will discuss at a meeting in Berlin next week the implementation of a 750 billion euro recovery package and how to give the EU its own fiscal resources to pay back joint ...

German lawmakers are set to give the green light to the latest big-ticket item in the nation’s military upgrade with the approval of 20 new Eurofighter jets worth almost €4 billion ($4.7 billion).

Surprising drop in chancellor’s popularity – despite his asylum crackdown – provides cautionary tale for No 10 ...

Germany ditched a Labour-style scheme that rewarded migrants for volunteering after deciding it was a mistake. Friedrich Merz ...

Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that purports to address the recent spate of political violence. But the order is remarkably one-sided, taking the apparent position that ...

We explore how the U.S. has joined all the other countries where leaders have tried to silence speech. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. Humor is dangerous for autocrats. Seven months ...

After a week in which American free speech on the airwaves appeared in peril, the minds behind “South Park” took an opportunity to reiterate that they will not be censored. In their newest episode, ...

An annual survey published by the Freedom Forum shows this year that American's understanding of their First Amendment rights remains low. Even as the First Amendment takes centerstage after the ...