The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve.

In his speech to his party’s youth wing on Saturday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) clearly distanced himself from ...

“When I think about the trip today, I wouldn’t do it again – it was so dangerous. What I remember is that many people died, they drowned … there were too many people on that boat.” Anas Modamani, who ...

European countries are grappling with how to repopulate their armed forces under pressure from Washington and an expansionist Russia.

Germany ended conscription in 2011. It is hoping to recruit 20,000 volunteers next year alone, but sceptics think it will ...

Wolfgang Streeck, director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, is in the front ranks of Europe’s social thinkers, having come out with some of the most ...

When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families.

German Chancellor Fredrich Merz has delivered a blunt message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warning him to ...