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Germany's Merz tells BBC Europe was free-riding on US
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has accepted US accusations that Europe was doing too little to fund its own defence and ...
Putin is ‘a long-term threat to the freedom of Europe’
The German chancellor has warned Putin poses a long term threat to the whole of Europe and not just Ukraine. Friedrich Merz ...
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Germany’s “memory culture” prevents it from coping with Gaza
These and a thousand other memorials and rituals are expressions of Germany’s Erinnerungskultur, a “memory culture” built up ...
Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ...
UK and Germany hail wide-ranging treaty, deepening ties in face of threats
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed a major treaty to deepen ties in areas ranging from ...
Allianz boss warns Germany risks becoming ‘sick man of Europe’
The boss of insurer Allianz has warned that Germany risks becoming the “sick man of Europe” and predicted its social security ...
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Germany requests US long-range weapons as bridge to European tech
Berlin is awaiting a final call by the Trump administration to honor a Biden-era agreement under which U.S. missiles are to ...
Germany sees record e-car sales in first half of year, data show
Electric car sales in Germany reached a record high in the first half of the year, accounting for nearly one in five new ...