Germany, as one of NATO’s most powerful economies and military contributors, is under the most pressure to deliver. Currently, Berlin has pledged 10 brigades by 2030 and is working to complete ...

The German military deems Russia an "existential risk" to the country and Europe, according to a Spiegel news magazine report ...

06/24/2025 June 24, 2025. More money for defense, more troops: At a summit in The Hague, NATO wants to set ambitious goals. What does this mean for Germany's military, the Bundeswehr?

There are questions about Germany's ability to follow through on Merz's ambitious proposals, especially given its history of consistently falling short of NATO's 2% GDP defense spending target.

German intelligence officials think Russia could be capable of launching an attack on NATO by 2030. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, October 14, 2024.

German forces train with Lithuanian troops in the NATO exercise Griffin Storm, in June 2023. Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/Getty Images. Most of the European military community has no experience in ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany needs up to 60,000 additional troops under new NATO targets for weapons and personnel, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday, as the alliance beefs up its ...

Reflecting the growing importance of West Germany in the NATO alliance, General Adolf Heusinger, 63, top officer in the German armed forces, was named chairman of the NATO permanent Military ...

When Western leaders began negotiating for EDC in 1951, Chancellor Adenauer, who had called Speidel from his classroom in 1950 to act as military adviser, sent him as West Germany’s “observer ...

Reuters. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte react on the day of the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Germany joining NATO, in the North Atlantic ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany met NATO's target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, the government said on Monday, though well short of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's ...