German voters go to the polls on 23 February in a pivotal vote focused on immigration and the economy. A look at the conservative leader who broke a German taboo by accepting support from the AfD ...

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler ...

BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign rally in the northern ...

The suspect, a former asylum-seeker who was supposed to be leaving Germany, was arrested. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that authorities must clear up why the suspect was still in the country.

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 ...

For decades, German politics and elections epitomised stability, often described as boring. Few parties in parliament, clear majorities, and two-party coalitions provided political and economic ...

MUNICH, Germany — Germany will be the prime European target of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tariffs once he's in office, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Saturday. The warning by ...

The insurgent far-Right party of Alice Weidel is flying high as elections approach next month - Jens Schlueter/AFP ...

The most important European data release was the confirmation from Germany that, during 2024, its economy contracted for the second consecutive year. Europe's largest economy shrank by 0.2% during ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Olaf Scholz became German chancellor with a pledge to modernise and jolt Europe’s largest economy from ...