German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for single European stock exchange
Endorsement comes after Berlin signals readiness to allow more centralised markets supervision
Endorsement comes after Berlin signals readiness to allow more centralised markets supervision

Finance minister signals end of Berlin’s reluctance to completing Europe’s capital markets union

Merz should focus his agenda on raising the country’s industrial competitiveness

Unlike his predecessors, Germany’s chancellor does not define himself by constraints

New measures are part of decade-long push to encourage individuals to invest in region’s companies

German chancellor urges member states to make ‘painful’ budget choices to fund rearmament

Proposal by ‘E6’ countries, including Germany and France, aims to reinvigorate plans to unify bloc’s capital markets