Ministers also discussed ways to prepare European citizens to respond to various threats, from invasions to natural disasters.

Germany's interior and foreign ministries are in consultations about sending a German contingent to the European Union's civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warns Trump not to take territory by force as EU leaders prepare to discuss Greenland tensions at a Feb. 3 summit.

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

The heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) who belong to the European People's Party (EPP) and other conservative leaders are meeting in Berlin at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany to address European competitiveness amid Chinese competition and the threat of U.

Context: Brussels is “reviewing” its probes into tech groups including Apple, Meta and Google, launched under its landmark digital markets rules. Trump said he considered fines imposed by the EU on US tech companies operating there as a “form of taxation”, and has vowed to retaliate.

BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW will propose this week that the European Union lower its tariff on U.S. car imports to 2.5% from 10%, in line with the current U.S. import tariff, the German automaker's CEO Oliver Zipse said on Tuesday.

Germany’s economy minister Robert Habeck warned Europe not to become overly reliant on US energy and urged the region to stick together in response to the new Donald Trump administration.

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling on the European Union to present a united front in response to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Energy ministers from Belgium, France and Spain, whose ports receive shipments from Russian LNG tankers, have insisted that very little of the gas arriving is used domestically and that most is piped on to other EU countries. In November, Germany ordered its state-operated import terminals to reject any Russian LNG cargoes.

Thousands protested against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which the Tesla CEO addressed on Saturday.