The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, April 21 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition has been shaken by internal squabbling as it grapples with a long-promised package of reforms to the tax, pensions and health systems and looks for ways to dampen a surge in fuel prices caused by the Iran war.

Germany are 50 days away from what they hope will be redemption. Since winning the World Cup in 2014, they have twice failed to emerge from their group — falling at the first hurdle in 2018 and 2022 — but are among the favourites for 2026.

Germany set out a military strategy on Wednesday that sticks with a target of 260,000 active troops despite demands by senior military officials to raise total troop

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Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany could win control of the government this fall. Once in power, it has a plan to overhaul German society.

As autos and heavy manufacturing falter, Berlin is steering factories, workers and capital toward rearming Europe.

"At least if you try something you have a chance of saving it."

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius unveiled a comprehensive military strategy for Germany titled "Responsibility for Europe" in a press conference on April 22. The strategy highlights the growing threat Russia poses to European and NATO security,