Friedrich Merz hopes to shake the country out of its economic slump - Axel Schmidt/Reuters Germany’s embattled manufacturing industry faces a fresh slump after new orders plunged by 7pc between ...

At least two people died and several others were injured after a car travelling at high speed on Monday ran into a crowd in the city of Mannheim in western Germany. A 40-year-old German has been ...

In Germany, the party usually described as far-right — Alternative for Germany (AfD) — doubled its share of the vote in the recent elections, from 9% in 2021 to 20.2%. It’s now the nation ...

Shortly before last weekend’s German elections, Elon Musk predicted on his X platform that “it is only a matter of time before AfD wins.” The extreme right-wing Alternative für Deutschland ...

Donald Trump has hailed a "great day for Germany" as the conservative bloc CDU/CSU looks set to take the election. It could also be an historic night for the far-right AfD party, if exit polls are ...

“We want to be part of the solution, in terms of creating new business opportunities and diversifying trade,” said Tjorven Bellmann, Germany’s ambassador to Canada. She was speaking at a ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker Tesla will acquire parts of the insolvent German high-tech parts maker Manz AG, including more than 300 employees at its site in Reutlingen city in the southwest, the ...

BERLIN — In Sunday's German election, Ukraine won big. Friedrich Merz — who has vowed to strengthen Germany’s support for Ukraine — will be at the helm of Germany's next government, while sitting ...

Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.

Now, with this deep problem uppermost in their minds, German voters have defeated the center-left Social Democratic Party and turned to the center-right Christian Democrats, while the Alternative ...

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. By Amanda Taub The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote ...