Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in ...

Some rearmament is desirable. But figuring out how much to spend—and what to make—is critical to avoid mistakes, writes ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

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

Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, struck a deal to loosen borrowing limits, unleashing €500 billion for defence and ...

On the shores of the Baltic Sea, in the south of Denmark, a massive engineering marvel is taking shape — piece by giant ...

Europe had been banking on a United States that wanted to make a deal on tariffs and trade. With little progress in that ...

After America imposed a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium on March 12th, it said it would charge punitive levies on €8bn ...

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

Construction of an 11-mile undersea tunnel has started, and will eventually connect two European countries, changing tourist ...

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