While Germany has long held far-right parties with a disdain not seen in its European neighbours, some Germans believe the time has come to break old taboos. And the AfD’s powerful transatlantic ...

FRIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in elections on February 23rd to issue a remarkable warning to his compatriots. This was not about the need to ...

Guten tag from Germany, the country that needs saving, according to Elon Musk. But don’t worry, we know what we are doing. And we know who we are. We are Germans. We are good at inventing long ...

He also wanted his own family to sleep soundly at night, he told her, but for that to happen, Germany needed to help Ukraine more and to increase spending on its own military. The woman kept on ...

Germany was once seen as a climate champion. It set ambitious targets to slash planet-heating pollution. Its Green party rode high in the 2021 elections, becoming part of the government.

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union party leading the votes with the far-right Alternative for Germany party heading towards the strongest ...