German Chancellor Angela Merkel formally embarked on a second term on Wednesday, leading a new centre-right coalition that has pledged to make Europe's biggest economy emerge stronger from the global financial crisis.
Germany’s hated GEZ public broadcasting licence fees – required of everyone who owns a television or radio – may be changing soon, daily <i>Handelsblatt</i> reported on Tuesday.
Criticism of the new federal government’s tax cuts grew among Germany's states on Tuesday, with experts saying the missing revenue could break regional budgets.
Doubts grew on Monday over the viability of the new German government's choice to rely on tax cuts alone to boost the ailing economy, with Chancellor Angela Merkel herself admitting the plan might not work.
Trade unions, opposition leaders and the press savaged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new-look government Sunday over what they called a fiscally reckless and socially unjust plan for the next term.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's new coalition haggled on Friday over how to cut taxes and shore up Germany's tattered public finances in a final push to finalise a common programme this weekend.
Some rich Germans have launched a web petition to call for the resumption of a wealth tax to help the country bounce back from an economic crisis, because, as one said, he had "a lot of money I do not need."
A quick rise in child benefits and tax exemptions is unlikely to go ahead because of growing concern within the incoming government of a budget blowout, a report said Saturday.
Axel Weber, the president of Germany’s central bank, said on Saturday that deteriorating public finances means there is little room for tax cuts, which have been made a priority by the country's incoming centre-right coalition.
Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian allies have struck and agreement over tax relief ahead of coalition negotiations with the Free Democrats next week, promising cuts but not setting a firm date for their introduction.
German Finance Minister Peer SteinbrĂĽck called Friday for a global tax on financial transactions as the Group of 20 developed and developing economies met in Pittsburgh.
Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier derided Chancellor Angela Merkel's promise to reduce taxes in the coming legislative period should she win September's election.
Green party top candidate Jürgen Trittin told Sunday newspaper <i>Bild am Sonntag</i> that shutting down old nuclear power stations would be a condition of entering a government coalition following September’s election.
Most German voters don’t think they will actually get a tax cut, despite promises by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, according to a new poll published in the latest issue of the weekly <i>Wirtschaftswoche</i>.
Germany could have to take on another €312 billion in debt by 2013, according to finance ministry documents cited on the website of the magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i>.
Not much left of your paycheque at the end of the month? Workers in Germany have the second highest tax and social contribution burden of 30 nations, according to a new study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
German Finance Minister Peer SteinbrĂĽck made a new jibe on Tuesday against Switzerland and other European finance centres, likening them to the poor African nation of Burkina Faso, in a row over tax havens.
Leaders of the Social Democratic Party voted Saturday for a platform that would raise taxes on wealthy Germans as the party prepares for a tough election campaign against Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
In a sure sign Germany’s September election is inching closer, the country’s political parties are starting to dangle campaign promises in front of voters – the Social Democrats even want to give you €300 <i>not</i> to file a tax return.
The centre-right sister party of the Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) has cemented its reputation as the CDU’s right-wing economic guard-dog by calling for further tax reductions in a new tax model presented on Saturday.
