Germany's allies lose patience with Israel, a lack of language skills among foreign nurses can create headaches, Lower Saxony ...

Germany's new finance minister has started intensive preparations for the 2025 and 2026 budgets, with savings necessary ...

After former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in November, the government ran out of time to pass the 2025 budget and Germany has had a provisional budget since the start of the year.

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Rome and has met Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Meanwhile, the business-focused FDP party has a new leader after a poor election result. DW has more.

Germany only just hit the alliance's target last year of spending two percent of GDP on defence. Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine led then-chancellor Olaf Scholz to announce 100 billion euros ($ ...

For his first address to the Bundestag since being elected chancellor on May 6, the conservative Friedrich Merz thanked his predecessor, the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who has returned to being ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago jolted the center-left former chancellor, Olaf Scholz, into action. He announced €100 billion ($112 billion) in extra defense spending, ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Germany have signed a defense cooperation deal that aims to "pursue an overarching framework to advance bilateral defense partnership" in the coming years.

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany is on track to meet its 2021-2030 climate goal but risks missing post-2030 targets, independent government advisers warned on Thursday, urging a clear long-term ...