German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has accepted US accusations that Europe was doing too little to fund its own defence and security, but now believes they are on the same page. "We know we have to do more on our own and we have been free-riders in the past," he told the BBC's Today Programme, "they're asking us to do more and we are doing more."

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have signed a treaty that pledges to tighten defense ties.

Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz revealed his top priorities for the next three years and delivered sharp criticism to the EU. View on euronews

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has once again dashed Ukraine's hopes for a swift entry into the European Union, warning that the process could take years. "Our top priority right now is to do everything we can to end this war,

Europe's two biggest economies sign first agreement since WWII, underscoring 'triangle alliance' with France amid growing Russian threat and US distance

Germany has rejected the European Commission’s proposal for a significantly expanded €2 trillion ($2.3 trillion) budget, just hours after it was announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels.

Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden oppose European Union joint borrowing despite mounting global challenges, while Denmark is sceptical, finance ministers from those countries said on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Durban,

These and a thousand other memorials and rituals are expressions of Germany’s Erinnerungskultur, a “memory culture” built up over decades. Lately they have been overlaid by a more familiar sight: the markers of bitter rows over Gaza.

Good morning. Germany said no to the European Commission’s €2 trillion budget proposal. Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz will sign a new treaty in London. And about 1,000 people join the waitlist every night for fried chicken.