Merz Commits Germany to Building Europe’s Strongest Military

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government’s top priority is to transform the nation’s military into Europe’s strongest conventional army to help counter the rising threat from Russia.

The conservative leader used his inaugural address to parliament in Berlin on Wednesday to pledge that his ruling coalition “will provide all the financial resources the Bundeswehr needs,” which he said was “appropriate for Europe’s most populous and economically strongest country.”