Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying to form a government, plan to raise new debt and throw out restrictive borrowing rules in a fiscal policy sea-change.

Germany's AfD party plans to file a constitutional complaint against the proposed debt increase by potential next chancellor Friedrich Merz and the SPD. The plan marks a shift in Germany's fiscal policy.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the Constitutional Court next week over plans to raise new debt through a special fund, the Rheinische Post newspaper said on Friday,

A lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) says he has taken legal action to prevent special parliamentary sessions that are being convened to push through a massive spending plan enabling defence and infrastructure investments.