German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, pictured in the cockpit of a Eurofighter Typhoon.
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The era of Germany acting as a security freeloader is ending. Berlin is considering voluntary conscription, enacting spending levels not seen since the days when Soviet tanks were plowed into Prague and rearming on a grand scale. Few countries epitomize the changes in Europe’s wider security...
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