German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukraine to continue moving forward with reforms to ensure its successful integration into the European Union. Source: Merz at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on Thursday 10 July,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday urged Slovakia to drop its veto on the European Union's new sanctions package against Russia. At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, Merz emphasized that all countries should increase pressure on Moscow to compel Russian leadership to return to the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.

German luxury stalwarts Mercedes-Benz and Porsche usually count on the US for a sizable portion of their sales. But those days could be over, at least for the time being.

Germany will carry out emergency repairs on its autobahn this weekend after extreme heat in recent days blew up large chunks of concrete along key stretches of the highway.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expects his government to take decisions on a possible reform of Germany's strict debt rules by the spring of next year, he said on Wednesday.