Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Germany's coalition agreed a landmark deal to exempt defense spending from its harsh debt brakes, in addition to unveiling a ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitution ...

A massive plan to loosen Germany's debt rules and spend hundreds of billions on defence and infrastructure has run into ...

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

It has become easier for trans people to update legal documents in Germany, which may make it harder for them to enter the ...

Merz has pledged to tighten immigration controls, introducing a five-point plan that includes stricter border checks, entry ...

Germany's Greens will negotiate hard before potentially giving their much-needed backing to debt reforms proposed by the ...

In the months following the chaos of the Mexican revolution, Felix Sommerfeld, a German spy, became one of the most powerful ...

Germany has introduced new work visa reforms in 2025 to tackle the ongoing labour shortages in essential sectors such as ...