The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines whether the country can achieve its goals—and what stands in its way

Fiscal spending is now a critical tailwind for Germany's economy, as the Iran war hammers its growth outlook.

Across Europe, the share of labour costs taken in tax and social contributions varies sharply. The UK is among the lowest, but the headline figure masks wider differences in how work is taxed across the continent.

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's export business, struggling under high U.S. tariffs and a slump in China, got a welcome shot in the arm from trade with Eastern Europe in the first nine months of this year, Germany's eastern business association said on Wednesday.

Berlin is considering developing its own atomic weapons to bolster Europe’s nuclear umbrella and the US’s own stockpile in the region, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking before the German parliament Thursday, Merz said the country ...

Germany has no plans to purchase additional F-35 fighter jets, a spokesperson for the German Defence Ministry confirmed to Euronews, dismissing earlier reports that Berlin might seek more US-made aircraft to offset delays in the German-French-Spanish ...

Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War — American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia.” Contemporary Germany provides positive, sensible leadership for Europe and beyond. Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the past months has enjoyed a series of ...