Michael Nienaber

German lawmakers expect to approve more than a dozen military procurement deals worth more than €12 billion ($13.7 billion) in total, including a laser weapon contract with defense giant Rheinmetall AG and a warship contract for domestic rival TKMS AG & Co. KGaA.

The German government will support a cruise ship contract between shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH and Swiss cruise operator MSC Cruises with state guarantees worth as much as €11.5 billion ($13.1 billion).

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany’s traditional parties are pushing through crucial reforms to the social welfare system as he warned that the rise of extremist parties risks sending the country “into the abyss.”

Germany agreed with the US to purchase long-range, subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile to close a dangerous gap with Russia — although numbers and delivery timelines are unclear, and Europe is developing such missiles itself.

(Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany's traditional parties are pushing through crucial reforms to the social welfare system as he

Deutschland hat sich mit den USA auf den Kauf von Mittelstrecken-Marschflugkörpern des Typs Tomahawk verständigt. Die unterhalb der Schallgeschwindigkeit fliegenden Raketen sollen eine gefährliche Lücke gegenüber Russland schließen.

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German security authorities are rushing to ensure sensitive information is kept safe in the event that the country’s far-right party takes government control for the first time in an eastern region later this year.

Germany will evaluate several bids to select an autonomous combat jet, in a reversal from just a month ago when the government looked set to proceed with an offering led by Boeing Co.

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