Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...

Germany is planning to pump billions into defense spending, but the need to better prepare goes well beyond the Bundeswehr. The likely chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday promised more funding also ...

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Germany's outgoing lower house of parliament began a special session on Thursday to debate a 500 billion euro fund for ...

Germany's IfW economic institute raised its 2026 growth estimate for Europe's largest economy on Thursday, anticipating ...

Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz is set to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defence and infrastructure spending in parliament as lawmakers begin debating the proposals.

In a country torn between its attachment to the transatlantic link and its hostility to nuclear weapons, Friedrich Merz, the ...

Russia's westward push and U.S. indifference towards European worries may trigger a strong economic revival in the region, ...

The latest developments surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval ...

Under Merz, a one-time fiscal conservative, Germany is ready to lift its debt ceiling and enlarge defence spending in ...

Coalition talks between the CDU and SPD are continuing apace as the parties try to rush major bills on defence and ...