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

Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania on Thursday to mark the official formation of Germany's first permanent overseas ...

Now, another Western European NATO member has made a surprising announcement in favor of Trump’s 5 percent goal: Germany. The ...

Germany moves forward with plans to station troops in Lithuania, AfD members fail to be elected to lead parliamentary ...

Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses, Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said his country is prepared to move toward spending 5% of its economic output on ...

Trump’s demand has rattled many European allies, particularly those already struggling to meet Nato’s existing target of ...

Boosting defence spending is a task for all NATO members willing to close gaps with allies, ministers from historic ...

Pistorius was in Brussels, Belgium, for a meeting of European defense ministers to discuss, among other things, how best to strengthen Ukraine. Germany is a NATO ally and has sharply increased its ...

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul said the country was backing U.S. President Donald Trump's call to increase the ...

After meeting with his US counterpart at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey, Germany's foreign minister said ...

Transatlantic ties were in the spotlight Thursday as NATO defense ministers met in Turkey and the European Union pursued ...