The German economy contracted more than expected in the final quarter of last year, spurring again recession fears, as Europe ...

The German economy contracted more than expected in the final quarter of last year, spurring again recession fears, as Europe ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

Germany will introduce permanent border controls and will send back to other countries all foreigners who illegally cross the ...

The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers ...

Silence, stigma, shame, high costs and an odyssey of legal conditions await women seeking to end their pregnancy in Germany. Abortion is illegal here and exempt from punishment only under specific ...

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside ...

Developments in Germany parallel those in the United States. While Trump was still considered an outsider when he won his ...

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...