European leaders say President Donald Trump's decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany came as a surprise but is further proof that they must take care of their own security.

By Sabine Siebold and Andreas Rinke BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters) - A planned drawdown of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany should spur Europe to strengthen its own defences, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday,

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Despite Trump's repeated threats to withdraw the United States from NATO, Germany’s top military officer claims relations with American military leaders are as strong as ever, but he also says that the threat from Russia means Germany’s push to strengthen its own armed forces is a race against time.

Germany has approved a 2027 budget framework with record defense spending, coinciding with a breakthrough test of a NATO-compatible ramjet artillery round. The Tiberius Sceptre shell reportedly reached 150 km at Mach 3.5 without modifying existing 155mm ...

President Donald Trump has again threatened that the United States could reduce its military presence in Germany, a key NATO ally and the European Union’s largest economy. Trump's social media post on Wednesday followed comments by Chancellor Friedrich Merz that the U.