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

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

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

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

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

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the Constitutional Court next week over plans to raise new debt ...

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.

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...