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Germany's new chancellor said it will build Europe's strongest army — but can it deliver?
Germany's new chancellor vowed to build Europe's strongest army — but experts say underinvestment, recruitment, and politics ...
In Lithuania, Germany's Merz says NATO allies determined to defend territory
Germany and its partners are determined to defend all NATO territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday during a visit to Vilnius marking the deployment of a German brigade to Lithuania to ...
Merz Sees Germany on NATO Path to 5% Goal Defense Spending
Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense.
Germany readying 1.5% of GDP for dual military use infrastructure, says Merz
Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses, Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...
Germany’s economy will stagnate this year as tariffs cast a shadow, advisers say
Germany’s economy will stagnate this year as the country faces headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade ...
The Astounding Counterfeit Nazi Invasion Map You’ve Never Heard Of
Although he had promised—and campaigned on—a policy of American neutrality in World War II the year before, Roosevelt ached ...
How Germany and Europe are bulking up militaries
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries ...
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What Germany’s Economy Really Needs
And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...