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Germany's outgoing parliament could still greenlight a new special fund to boost defence spending but reforming strict limits ...

President Donald Trump has congratulated Germany’s center-right party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), for their recent electoral victory in Germany’s parlia ...

From defence to infrastructure spending to reviving Europe's economic powerhouse, the challenges facing the likely new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, are huge. And he says he won't work with the ...

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