Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right and center-left are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking points.

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined a gathering of European leaders who are holding an emergency summit to discuss Europe's defense amid waning U.S. support.

Macron, in an address to the nation, said he would open a debate on extending France’s nuclear deterrent to other European ...

The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

The ECB is widely expected to make its sixth cut since June last year, with its focus having shifted recently from tackling inflation to boosting the beleaguered eurozone.

Germany has finally decided to join the party – but Europe may come to regret it. After two decades of limited borrowing and ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitution ...

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

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

Berlin may have found a way to rearm despite balanced-budget restraints.