The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Leaders in Germany's likely next coalition have met to discuss Ukraine policy and security. Outgoing Foreign Minister ...

The winner of the German parliamentary elections, Friedrich Merz, stated that his country would allocate an additional 3 ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up ...

Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would favor the reintroduction of a compulsory year in which young people could ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disastrous meeting in the White House on Friday has left Germany in a state of ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

According to my assessment, this was not a spontaneous reaction to what Zelensky was saying but clearly a deliberate ...

Germany could rush measures to finance a huge hike in spending on defence and military aid for Ukraine through its outgoing ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany ... need to form a coalition with the center-left Social ...