Germany news: Berlin to buy more jets from US, media say

The defense minister wants to order 15 US F-35 fighter jets at a cost of some €2.5 billion, a report says. The populist AfD would like to make Donald Trump an honorary citizen of a southwestern district. DW has more.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius intends to order more F-35 jets from US company Lockheed Martin as Germany steps up its military expenditure

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wants to make US President Donald Trump an honorary citizen of the southwestern district where his grandparents were born

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) are wrapping up a two-day meeting that focused on the party's strategy toward the populist party

Here is a roundup of headlines and analysis from and about Germany on Monday, October 20, 2025: