Europe’s far-right parties are reassessing their ties to President Donald Trump after he used military force to oust Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and threatened to annex Greenland.
Europe’s far-right parties are reassessing their ties to President Donald Trump after he used military force to oust Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and threatened to annex Greenland.
Buildings on the coastline overlooking Disko Bay in Ilulissat, Greenland, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. Greenland’s government said it will intensify efforts to ensure the island’s defenses are managed within the NATO military alliance, pushing back on renewed threats from the US about taking over the territory.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Donald Trump’s political course risks backfiring and urged Europe not to take his pressure on the Federal Reserve as a model for dealing with central banks.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Donald Trump’s political course risks backfiring and urged Europe not to take his pressure on the Federal Reserve as a model for dealing with central banks.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil urged European nations to get tough if they’re to successfully negotiate the current period of global upheaval and avoid becoming “pawns of the major powers.”
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil urged European nations to get tough if they’re to successfully negotiate the current period of global upheaval and avoid becoming “pawns of the major powers.”
Lars Klingbeil Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Donald Trump’s political course risks backfiring and urged Europe not to take his pressure on the Federal Reserve as a model for dealing with central banks.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Donald Trump’s political course risks backfiring and urged Europe not to take his pressure on the Federal Reserve as a model for dealing with central banks.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil urged European nations to get tough if they’re to successfully negotiate the current period of global upheaval and avoid becoming “pawns of the major powers.”
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil urged European nations to get tough if they’re to successfully negotiate the current period of global upheaval and avoid becoming “pawns of the major powers.”
Lars Klingbeil Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg
Senior members of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet traveled to Washington this week to try to work out what the real motives are behind US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland.
Senior members of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet traveled to Washington this week to try to work out what the real motives are behind US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland.
Marco Rubio, right, and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Washington, DC, on Jan. 12. Photographer: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations, along with officials from other countries, met Monday in Washington to discuss a path forward to “address vulnerabilities in critical minerals supply chains,” the Treasury department said in a statement.
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations, along with officials from other countries, met Monday in Washington to discuss a path forward to “address vulnerabilities in critical minerals supply chains,” the Treasury department said in a statement.
A rare earth mine in Jiangxi province, China. Source: Chinatopix /AP Photo
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said rifts between the US and Europe are widening and warned that the region must not close its eyes to the shift in relations.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said rifts between the US and Europe are widening and warned that the region must not close its eyes to the shift in relations.
Lars Klingbeil in Washington. Photographer: picture alliance/picture alliance
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
Germany is open to taking “joint action” with international partners to bolster supply chains and ensure access to materials critical to manufacturing, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said before departing for a two-day visit to the US.
A yearlong campaign by the far-right Alternative for Germany party to court Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is beginning to bear fruit.
AfD supporters watch during the Alternative for Germany (AfD) general election campaign launch in Halle, Germany, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Germany is holding a national election on Feb. 23.
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Wind turbines in Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Wind turbines in Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Germany’s government kicked off a new investment vehicle intended to attract tens of billions of euros in private capital for German mid-sized companies, in particular in critical sectors like energy infrastructure, raw materials, defense and startups.
Wind turbines in Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
The highway bridge construction site on the closed A45 highway near Luedenscheid, Germany, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. German lawmakers passed a landmark spending package, taking a major step toward unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in debt financing for defense and infrastructure and heralding the end of decades of budget austerity.
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
The highway bridge construction site on the closed A45 highway near Luedenscheid, Germany, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. German lawmakers passed a landmark spending package, taking a major step toward unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in debt financing for defense and infrastructure and heralding the end of decades of budget austerity.
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
Germany will increase federal debt sales by a fifth next year to a record €512 billion ($601 billion) to fund a spending splurge aimed at fixing its crumbling infrastructure and modernizing its armed forces.
The highway bridge construction site on the closed A45 highway near Luedenscheid, Germany, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. German lawmakers passed a landmark spending package, taking a major step toward unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in debt financing for defense and infrastructure and heralding the end of decades of budget austerity.
Germany’s cabinet approved plans for a state-subsidized retirement savings account for youngsters, part of a broader push by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition to shore up a pension system under growing strain.
Germany’s cabinet approved plans for a state-subsidized retirement savings account for youngsters, part of a broader push by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition to shore up a pension system under growing strain.
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