Germany's Merz promises to do 'whatever it takes' on defence

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor ShareSave Friedrich Merz hopes to form a new government by late April Friedrich Merz, who's expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has announced a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra …

Germany’s Merz strikes ‘game-changing’ deal to boost defence spending

Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with his likely coalition partner to inject hundreds of billions in extra funding into Germany’s military and infrastructure, in a “fiscal sea-change” designed to revive and re-arm Europe’s largest economy. …

Be grateful you’re still here: Germany’s rebuke of a grieving mother exposes its deepening anti-immigrant mood

The first time I went to Hanau, I was creeped out by how ordinary it was. This mid-sized city of 100,000 people right in the geographical centre of Germany, looked and felt like many other places in western Germany I had been to: built around a bombed and …

Starmer looks to Germany and Australia for advice — on what not to do

The AfD is considered more extreme than Reform — it has been accused of planning to deport German citizens, while some of its senior leaders have called for reduced education on the Holocaust — but both parties benefit from similar anti-incumbent political …

Germany’s Merz plans ‘double bazooka’ for defence and infrastructure

Intifada is Permitted. Germany is Lost.

Berlin, March 1, 2025. The city where the Holocaust was orchestrated and from where six million Jews were condemned to death, became the scene of another call for Jewish blood. ‘Yallah Yallah Intifada,’ the mob cried out, unchecked. ‘There is just one …

In Germany, the unexpected resurrection of the left-wing party Die Linke

Arriving at 115 Einbecker Strasse, an 11-story building in Lichtenberg, a district of former East Berlin with typical 1970s Plattenbau architecture, 43-year-old Regina Brückner took out her cell phone. "We've called at every apartment here," …

Germany: Aircraft crashes into garden, killing pilot

A man died after a small aircraft crashed in western Germany's Sauerland region, police said on Tuesday. The police statement said that the aircraft smashed into the garden of a residential building in the town of Plettenberg in the western state of …

Germany’s Economy Exchanging Cars for Defence

With military spending on the rise across Europe, defence manufacturers are seizing the moment to ramp up production—breathing new life into the continent’s largest but struggling economy. Decades of automotive supremacy are fading as German carmakers …

Europe could pay the price for Germany’s debt shake-up

Germany has finally decided to join the party – but Europe may come to regret it. After two decades of limited borrowing and fiscal restraint, Europe’s biggest economy is finally joining the high-debt club. Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will borrow € …