In his second term as president, Donald Trump is pushing American allies, including Germany, to do more to fund their militaries and pay their fair share to fund defense.

Germany is on track for a sharp increase in military spending that could equip a bigger Bundeswehr—the German military—with more armored vehicles, more air defense batteries, more warships, more spy ...

Germany has just passed a major reform to its constitutional debt brake, unlocking billions of euros in funding. One model shared with CNN suggested that over a 10-year period, with Germany spending 3 ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture. Can he deliver?

"We started two world wars. Even though it's 80 years since World War Two ended, the idea that Germans should stay out of ...

Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...

Europe is rearming at an unprecedented pace - and the investment implications are just beginning to unfold. In March 2025, ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase ... super-charge military spending and inject much-needed cash into Germany’s aging ...

Rheinmetall's Armin Papperger expects his company to account for a quarter of Europe's $1.1 trillion defense splurge.

In the following weeks, Europe’s three leading countries responded to Vance’s remarks with initiatives to increase military spending. However, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France face ...

Since the middle of the Cold War era, Germany’s military expenditure as a percentage ... 66% of respondents believe it’s right to increase spending on defense and the Bundeswehr, while 31% ...