Some Europeans have acknowledged U.S. grievances over trade but wonder whether the Trump administration is serious about ...

Less than two months ago, the center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) won Germany's general election with almost 29% of the vote. The far-right Alternative ...

Attack aircraft are some of the most lethal assets in NATO’s arsenal, providing for air superiority and power projection ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz and other CDU and SPD leaders take part in a press conference following the exploratory coalition ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...

A lot of law firms are perhaps suddenly finding an interest in this sphere of advice,” says Hengeler Mueller partner Michael ...

For the first time since the 1930s, Germany is embarking on a major military buildup, pledging to spend that staggering sum ...

The German military, which has seen its numbers dwindle from over half a million to just over 180,000, is now only the fifth largest in Europe.

He established a one-off €100 billion fund for “comprehensive investment” into the Bundeswehr ... Since the middle of the ...

Germany's prospective government led by Friedrich Merz has passed a plan to increase defense spending by relaxing debt rules. Approved by both houses, this measure includes a significant ...

On Friday, Merz said of the bill: "we are laying the foundation for targeted investments in freedom and progress. We are taking responsibility for Germany." Merz has previously justified his pivot ...

Photo Illustration: JJ Lin BERLIN—Germany’s mammoth ... 1 trillion in civilian and defense investments to jolt the region’s economy and reduce its military reliance on the U.S. But ...