German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation's tight rules on running up debt.

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Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

While Merz is already setting the scene for his chancellery with an unprecedented, debt-funded investment announcement, ...

transcript At the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s call for German leaders to allow the hard-right Alternative for Germany ...

Germany's chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has hit back at Vice President JD Vance who had criticized European nations over free speech and their treatment of far-right parties.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that a halt in fighting could be a starting point for potential peace talks for ...

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

A German air force Tornado with a Taurus. German defense ministry photo. The German Taurus is a 1.5-ton cruise missile with a ...

One day after Vice President JD Vance delivered a scathing speech to European leaders in Munich, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took the same stage to offer an apparent rebuke to Vance’s remarks ...

German voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament that will determine who runs the country for the next four years.