Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

Germany is home to the largest number of asylum seekers among the EU member states. But a growing political shift to the ...

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far right extremism, from the fringes into the heart of power.

German lawmakers will debate a 500-billion-euro infrastructure fund and sweeping changes to state borrowing rules to fund ...

After years of decline and internal strife, Germany’s left-wing party is finding new life. Grace Blakeley talks to the ...

The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which runs March 6-16, showcases the role of art as a 'bulwark' against threats to ...

European defence company shares have also soared as momentum to ramp up spending gathers pace. German defence companies ...

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, and his potential coalition partners also includes big new ...

The most common position taken by German socialist organisations in the Bundestag (German Parliament) election of 23 February was to call for a vote for Die Linke (The Left).

Overall, the political shifts in Germany reflect a desire for change in a country that hasn’t been this politically engaged ...

The far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) doubled its voter support to 20.8% in February ... You can sign up here for the weekly email newsletter Berlin Briefing.

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...