Germany's incoming coalition government plans to introduce a revamped, and initially voluntary, model for military service, and said it was looking to Sweden for inspiration. The coalition ...

Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says the country will need to boost its armed forces by up to 60,000 active soldiers to deter Russia's military threat. NATO member states are committing ...

The country has pledged, for the first time since 1945, to build a military capable of defending both national and allied territories. “Germany is back on track,” Merz said after the signing.

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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German tanks in Lithuania. German government photo. Germany is on track for a sharp increase in military spending that could equip a bigger Bundeswehr—the German military—with more armored ...

John covers U.S. military activities across Europe and Africa. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland.

Since the middle of the Cold War era, Germany’s military expenditure as a percentage of GDP has dropped dramatically. Peaking at 4.9% in 1963, it fell to an all-time low in 2005 of just 1.1%.

German soldiers stand at the formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. ©AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis© Newser AI ...

German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius and UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey discussed military co-operation between their two countries on 15 ...