German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that he is committed to NATO spending, but he says Donald Trump's demands are too high. One other NATO member, however, has welcomed the incoming US president's suggestion.

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy asked whether the US saw NATO as being necessary as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos. Leaders from China, Ukraine and Germany have taken the stage on day one.

Other German politicians have equally rebuked US President-elect Donald Trump over his demand that NATO's European members should more than double their defence spending.

Under Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left government ... recently said members of the NATO military alliance should even spend 5% of GDP on defence – which would be a huge increase from ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake the foundations on which Europe's biggest economy built its post-war prosperity.

Chancellor Scholz says spending 5% of GDP on defense would require Germany to allocate more than €200 billion ($204 billion) annually on military expenditures - Anadolu Ajansı

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz has vowed a bold return to international affairs.

Speaking in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy questioned whether Trump was committed to NATO and European security.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region.

He warned that although it was not clear that Putin had plans to attack Nato, he was “clearly creating ... £2.5 billion aid package for Ukraine. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, has said that ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday dismissed incoming US president Donald Trump's demands that Germany and other NATO allies spend at least 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence. "Five percent would be over €200 billion ($204 billion) per year,

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is launching a new mission to protect ... a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in separate remarks to reporters in Helsinki that ...