Are the German people on board with the government’s massive militarisation programme? Kate Connolly reports ...

A Leopard II battle tank is on display to advertise for joining the German army Bundeswehr at the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany, Friday, December 1, 2023. [AP Photo/Martin Meissner] Germany’s ...

Carsten Breuer, Germany's Chief of Defence, has issued a directive mandating the full rearmament of the Bundeswehr with modern weapons and equipment by 2029. The document emphasises the urgent need to ...

The sign in the window of the German army’s storefront career center in downtown Berlin suggested it would be open all afternoon for inquiries about joining the armed forces, or Bundeswehr. But the ...

The German Greens stand ready to use their votes in the outgoing Bundestag (parliament) to adopt the gigantic rearmament programme proposed by the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Chancellery on May 14, 2025 in Berlin. Credit - Nadja Wohlleben/Getty Images ...

The unease is acute in Paris, where some worry that the continent’s center of political gravity is moving east as Berlin boosts its defense spending to levels its allies can’t match.

Paris sees Berlin’s record defense spending as a challenge to its political clout in Europe, sources told the news agency ...

There is no way that Germany will be able to achieve its existing mobilization and rearmament goals as currently stated—but cheap and effective naval drones could provide an alternative. Indeed, ...