Germany's debt is expected to rise significantly by 2030 due to increased spending on defense and infrastructure. Fiscal ...

The German arms industry is thriving thanks to a major state-run investment program. But will the country's wider economy ...

Jussi Hiljanen, chief rates strategist at SEB Research, pointed out that the eurozone faces mixed pressures: while ...

The U.S. push for increased defense spending from its Asian allies mirrors the Cold War-era experience of NATO, where U.S.

The Trump administration’s softened tone on European security, urging Europe to increase military spending while remaining ...

Germany’s defence minister has told weapons makers to stop complaining and “deliver” on re-arming Europe, as he called for ...

The German government decided in 2022 to buy 35 U.S.-made F-35s in light of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Internal ...

Germany will dramatically increase defense spending — not to appease U.S. President Donald Trump but to counter the threat from Moscow, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday. “We will decide to ...

But, shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to increase defense spending to 2%.

Germany is planning to lift core defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product over the next five years as part of a massive increase in government investment in the military.

BERLIN — Germany’s finance minister on Tuesday vowed to lift the country’s defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029 as he presented the new government’s spending plans.