At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders backed plans to spend more on defence amid fears that Russia, emboldened by ...

Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties have produced an exploratory paper on their plans on various topics, including migration, ...

Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc has secured broad political backing for the defence initiative. A significant majority in ...

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need ...

Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz wants to expand investment in defence and infrastructure. The race to re-arm could be a ...

Political scientist John Mearsheimer is convinced that the U.S. government under Trump wants to leave Europe to concentrate on China. Germany, he says, must assume responsibility for its own security.

Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right CDU/CSU and the center-left SPD are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking points.

EDITORIAL. Germany's likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a historic infrastructure and defense investment ...

While Merz is already setting the scene for his chancellery with an unprecedented, debt-funded investment announcement, ...

European Union leaders have committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defences and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against ...

In an address to the nation earlier this week, Macron said that he would begin discussions with allies about bringing the ...