Berlin is relaxing its austerity rule for good reasons—such as security and long-term growth—while Washington appears to have abandoned all fiscal responsibility with Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

After Trump’s 50-day threat to Russia, Germany has stunned the U.S. with a sharp warning. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called Trump’s planned 30% tariffs “a threat to Germany’s core economy.” In a bold ...

Markus Söder and Friedrich Merz underscored unity on Tuesday as the Bavarian premier welcomed the German chancellor to a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to attract more private capital from abroad to Germany. To this end, the conservative ...

A German law professor whose nomination to the country's top court was postponed last week has rejected portrayals of her ...

If Brussels hopes to confront the threat posed by irregular migration from Russia and Belarus, it must work collaboratively ...

Ahead of the threatened tariffs, front-running of orders looks to have been particularly steep in the pharmaceutical sector. Factory output recorded a strong rebound in May in Ireland, where pharma ...

While the EU has held back from retaliating against the US in the months since Trump hit the bloc with tariffs, it has ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Germany would play a "decisive role" in a new deal struck between NATO and the United States to supply Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia's invasion.

When President Donald Trump won last year’s election, European officials quickly began discussing how to sustain US weapons ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing ...