Germany’s Defense Ministry seeks to expand its armed forces to 203,000 by 2031. Recruitment remains an ongoing challenge within a population raised on pacifism. After Germany started two World ...

Germany has paved the way a massive increase ... It currently has around 182,000 soldiers in its ranks. The Defense Ministry's target is 203,000, but recruitment is clearly a problem, The number ...

Photo Illustration: JJ Lin BERLIN—Germany’s mammoth spending package cleared its last parliamentary hurdle, paving the way for as much as €1 trillion in civilian and defense investments to ...

A Leopard 2 main battle tank carries out maneuvers during a visit by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to the Bundeswehr's Panzerbataillon 203 tank squadron on Feb. 1, 2023, in Augustdorf ...

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz attend a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany ...

Germany has preached fiscal conservatism for years, but suddenly it’s taking the lead on pushing for European Union reforms aimed at freeing up more money for defense spending over the long term.