Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...

Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted Germany’s government for labeling the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as an “extremist” political group.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with Germany’s domestic intelligence agency days after the country’s spy arm ...

Germany’s new government has ordered border police to turn away undocumented immigrants, including some asylum seekers, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says. Dobrindt on Wednesday announced ...

Recently, the German government announced that it is going to label or maybe relabel the Alternative für Deutschland—the Alternative for Germany—the conservative party that has an ...

Trump administration officials have condemned the move by Germany's domestic intelligence agency to designate the far-right AfD party an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic row between the ...

The domestic intelligence service of Germany last week labeled “extremist” the political party that won the second-most seats in the Bundestag in February. The finding of the Federal Office ...

Germany's foreign ministry pushed back in an extraordinary exchange with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticised Germany's intelligence decision to label the far-right Alternative ...

Germany’s wind and solar power output has slumped to the lowest in ten years since the start of the year, at just 80 TWh over the first four months of 2025, data from climate think tank Ember ...

Berlin's new government is marking VE Day and the end of WWII. DW rounds up the latest news from Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump ended their 30-minute ...