Is money being wasted on administration instead of helping the long-term unemployed? Germany's Bürgergeld (citizen's income) is under fire admist tense coalition negotations in Berlin.

Europe’s independent security strategy has passed the point of no return. Nearly doubling defense spending is inevitable, but ensuring that these funds are allocated efficiently and proportionately ...

Europe must never again find itself in a position where the likes of US vice-president JD Vance have life-and-death power ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives and SPD initiate talks on a coalition government in Germany. Key agenda points include migration control, welfare reforms, energy production goals, and economic ...

BERLIN: German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) concluded preliminary talks on ...

And yet, as Reeves counts the cost of anaemic economic growth, it is welfare to which she has once again turned. The ...