German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended his government's military spending plans against criticism during a visit with troops on Monday in the south of the country. Scholz pointed to a large special ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised that spending on the German armed forces will be maintained, after the terms of a preliminary 2025 budget deal agreed on Friday showed a modest increase for ...

Germany has been struggling to fill the army's ranks since abolishing compulsory military service. Under a new draft law, young men would be obligated to declare their interest in serving in the ...

Als Russland die Ukraine angreift, ruft Olaf Scholz die Zeitenwende aus. Doch anschließend passiert wenig. Die Hauptschuldigen dafür haben Carlo Masala und Sönke Neitzel bereits ausgemacht: den ...