Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

A sense of urgency is rising as parties on the extreme right and left may be able to block defense spending when Germany’s ...

Populist far-right parties are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream, bringing their climate skepticism with ...

Yields on benchmark German government bonds rose on Monday as the outcome of German general elections supported expectations ...

Germany’s economy had stalled. In 2024, German GDP was 0.2 percent lower than in the previous year, and forecasts for 2025 ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats ...

When his coalition collapsed after a budget dispute in 2024, it sealed his fate.

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

Not Germany’s much-discussed far-right party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, who are often described as modern-day ...

A divided Germany has emerged from Sunday’s election. The vote delivered a resounding defeat of the Social Democrats (SPD) of ...

As expected, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) ...