German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.

Vorpommern has called on the new government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to take decisive action to kick start the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that he, along with the leaders of Britain, France and Poland, aimed to speak ...

(Bloomberg) -- Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said she isn’t a “shrink to international leaders” after she was asked to give advice to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for his upcoming trip to meet US ...

S Jaishankar (EAM) will be on a six-day official visit to Netherlands, Denmark and Germany from Monday. During the visit he ...

Ursula von der Leyen is described as formidable but unknowable - now Keir Starmer will face her across the deal-making table ...

To revive Germany’s ailing economy, new chancellor Friedrich Merz must tackle a baffling paradox: employment is at record highs but individually, Germans have never worked less.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, following a meeting of EU leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the summit ...

US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expected to be in attendance. Here is a roundup of ...