Chancellor Friedrich Merz is about to make history with his vow to create the 'strongest conventional army in Europe,' writes ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized the significance of Baltic security, marking a historic troop deployment in Lithuania to bolster NATO’s eastern flank amid Russian tension. Germany is ...

For the first time since World War II, Germany is permanently stationing troops on foreign soil. Nearly 5,000 soldiers from the newly formed Armored Brigade 45 are heading to Lithuania to strengthen ...

Germany launches first permanent foreign military deployment since WWII, with 5,000 troops to be stationed in Lithuania by ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense.

ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Germany on Thursday backed U.S. President Donald Trump's demand to more than double NATO's ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia threatens security in Europe as he visited Lithuania to mark the official ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, is the worst possible man for the job. Throughout his career, he has held a dogged ...

BERLIN — The prospective partners in Germany’s next government ... by our mutual alliance commitments in the future as well,” he said in a reference to NATO. “But we also know that the ...

Parties in Germany, for instance ... But they could well get more aggressive if NATO’s commitment to mutual defense starts to look less ironclad. A future, more Europe-led NATO would likely ...