Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II. Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to ...

Speaking during a news conference, Merz laid out a vision of a Germany restored to its former strength and reliability. “The future government, the future coalition, will reform and invest to ...

Germany has updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasize that a visa or waiver allowing entry does not guarantee Germans to enter the U.S. after several of its citizens were ...

Germany's center-right parties and the far-right AfD are now polling neck and neck, the latest INSA survey showed. The CDU/CSU alliance is in advanced talks to form a new coalition with the center ...

A new poll shows the Alternative für Deutschland is now Germany’s most popular political party, marking another turning point for the right-wing group’s rise. The anti-immigration ...

The UEFA Nations League continues this international break with Italy facing Germany in the quarterfinals. / IMAGO/Schuler Italy takes on Germany in the UEFA Nations League quarterfinals as both ...

Thank you for reading. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised Germany's "historic" decision to lift limits on strict borrowing rules which will allow the country to massively increase ...

Germany's parliament on Tuesday passed a historic bill unlocking a record level of state borrowing for defence and infrastructure through amending the country's constitutionally enshrined fiscal ...

But it was a crucial hurdle and its passage was celebrated by the centrist lawmakers who hope it will allow Germany to shoulder a more powerful leadership role at a critical moment for Europe.

Nowhere is that shift as prominent as in Germany. Its armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, have been the victim of years of underinvestment – but that is set to change. Presumptive Chancellor ...

It will also enable usually fiscally conservative Germany to create a €500 billion ($545 billion) fund for infrastructure. Robin Winkler, a senior economist at Deutsche Bank, called the debt ...

Friedrich Merz has reached an agreement to form a new government (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a ...