Now that Europe wants to be insulated from global shocks, invest to make its economy greener and rearm quickly in order to ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

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The debate over the deal cast defense spending as an issue of growing urgency as doubts increase about the U.S. commitment to ...

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The Trump administration’s warning last month that Europe must now take care of security in its own backyard raises troubling questions ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a deal to drastically overhaul the country’s debt rules to allow a boom in defence and security spending as well as 500 billion euros ...

Berlin’s decision to lift all caps on military spending and binge on infrastructure marks a U-turn for the fiscally ...

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, expressed hope that a EUR 3 ...