Carsten Breuer

Breuer, who has led Germany’s armed forces since 2023, won the support of at least 17 of NATO’s 32 chiefs of defense during a closed-door ballot to become the chair of NATO’s military committee in Copenhagen

Merz has bent further than most European leaders to stay in Trump’s good graces, deeming it a strategic necessity to maintain close ties with an American leader known for holding grudges

President Donald Trump met Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on April 8 for what Rutte described as a “very frank, very open” discussion

Defense chiefs from two major US allies have issued a rare public plea for people across Europe to support big boosts in defense spending to deter a possible war with an increasingly westward-looking Russia

Downtown Munich is best-known for chic shops and flashy fast cars but right now its streets are bedecked with posters advertising next generation drones

Governments of all political colours chose to take what was known as the “peace dividend” — investing in public services and reducing spending on defence