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 ...

By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the ...

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 ...

International students both bring billions of euros into Germany's fiscal coffers and help stimulate economic growth, according to a study published last week by the German Economic Institute (IW ...

The fictional story spread after Germany's official traffic authority reported that new Tesla registrations had plummeted 76% in February 2025 compared to February 2024, even as registrations of ...

Germany is getting €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) in additional funding virtually for free after bond markets reacted positively to its “historic” spending bill, Deutsche Bank AG Chairman ...

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on Friday. The conservatives and their centre ...

Germany, the biggest trading partner of the United States, had a trade surplus of a record 70 billion euros with the U.S. in 2024. An export-oriented nation, Germany will be the biggest European ...

Germany has paved the way a massive increase in defense spending. What does the Bundeswehr need most urgently? https://p.dw.com/p/4sJ1A Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich ...

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