Europe must assert its interests more strongly to ensure peace and prosperity in 2026 amid challenges from Russian aggression, global protectionism and changing ties with the U.S., German Chancellor ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, making his New Year’s Eve address, said the change would force Europe to do more to ...

Surging renewable output overwhelmed Europe’s power grid in 2025, driving electricity prices below zero more often than ever ...

On December 11th Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary-general, said darkly that “we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured”. Days later Air Chief Marshal Sir ...

With the United States stepping back from its global leadership role, many around Europe and the world are waiting for Germany to step forward. So will it? Host Garry Kasparov is joined by Mathias ...

Europe is responding to the growing conflict with the US by massively rearming. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, yesterday presented the assembled heads of state and ...

German soldiers participate in a ceremonial roll call on May 22 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Germany, which leads a multinational NATO task force in Lithuania, is in the process of deploying a 5,000-strong ...

For years, European officials have known exactly what reforms are necessary to strengthen the European Union’s economic foundations and enable it to act as a global power. But they have also conceded ...

With Europe experiencing its most devastating war since 1945 and President Donald Trump ripping up the transatlantic alliance, Germany is preparing to abandon decades of caution and step into the ...

If it does not recognize and institutionalize Germany’s political centrality, Europe is doomed to indecision and irrelevance. The question is no longer whether Germany should lead Europe, but rather ...