Trump cut defence funding to NATO during the latter ... Christian Lindner. Sign up here. Maria Martinez is a Reuters correspondent in Berlin covering German economics and the ministry of finance.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that every effort should be made to prevent the Ukrainian conflict from escalating into a war between Russia and NATO. "I still think that this is a very ...

BERLIN — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius isn’t buying Donald Trump’s NATO spending demand. In an interview with Tagesspiegel, Pistorius dismissed the U.S. president’s call for allies to hike ...

Merz, far ahead in the polls and the favorite to become Germany's next chancellor, expressed reluctance to raise taxes or borrow to reach the NATO alliance's defense spending target of 2% of gross ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Sunday his proposal for NATO allies to strengthen their military presence in Greenland, countering US President Donald Trump's suggestion to acquire the ...

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 ...