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 ...

“Germany’s recent decision to throw away the fiscal orthodoxy of the last three decades and sharply increase defence and infrastructure spending was a step in this direction; Europe doesn’t change ...

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...

Optimism was already building among economists on German and euro zone growth in a Reuters poll taken just before key ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

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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Germany’s likely next chancellor on Thursday urged outgoing members of parliament to exempt some defense spending from the ...

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

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