Ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on the European leaders to act jointly in responding ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to be up to the task and has proposed an 800 billion euro (£651 billion) plan that would allow EU member states to spend much more on defence ...

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Leaders in Germany's likely next coalition have met to discuss Ukraine policy and security. Outgoing Foreign Minister ...

Germany is set to ramp up defence spending with the incoming government, saying it wants to invest hundreds of billions of ...

Kremer could become Merz’s right-hand man on EU affairs as chief Europe adviser in the chancellery, Euractiv has learned.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, believes the "urgency is great" for the country ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said Europe will need to do the “heavy lifting” to ensure peace in Ukraine, but added “we need US backing”.Following a security summit in London aimed at ending Russia’s war with ...

Based on more than a dozen interviews in the final weeks of the German election campaign, POLITICO tells the story of how violence and migration shaped one of the most momentous votes in the country’s ...