Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...

Although his asylum application had been rejected, he lived in Germany legally with a residence permit and had no previous convictions. He is being investigated for 36 counts of attempted murder ...

His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s election for chancellor next month. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...

Dozens of students at a U.S. military middle school in Germany walked out of class in protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of DEI policies during his visit to the country this week.

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany. By Jim Tankersley and ...

Thousands of people protested the rise of the far right in cities across Germany on Saturday, as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party campaign kicked off with a virtual appearance by US ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise virtual appearance during Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, as thousands of ...

Spectre of far-Right nationalism looms as Germans prepare to cast their ballots Next Sunday, Germany goes to the polls. The federal republic’s most important election since reunification in 1990 ...

American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest ...

INGOLSTADT, Germany—Christian Scharpf, the mayor of this city of 140,000, Germany’s second richest, is looking for ways to save close to €100 million. Carmaker Audi, headquartered here ...