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

On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed an emergency clause allowing countries to temporarily increase their defense ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global leaders leap to Zelensky’s defence after White House row with Trump - German chancellor and French president among ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's election winner, is considering reforms to Germany's spending limits to rejuvenate its economy and military. Talks with the Social Democrats are underway despite election ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...