Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Germany's constitution stipulates that the state should only spend as much as it collects. But as the budget deficit grows, some parties are calling for reform.

The incident occurred about a mile from the Bayerischer Hof hotel, where the Munich Security Conference is scheduled to open ...

MUNICH, Germany — United States Vice President JD Vance will not meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich ...

The authorities believe the crash, into a union’s strike-day demonstration, was a deliberate attack. The suspect is a 24-year ...

The Afghan suspect arrested after a car ramming attack in Munich must be punished to the full extent of the law and then ...

Police say 28 people, including children, have been injured in a "suspected attack" after a car rammed into a crowd in the ...

The chancellor also said the federal government is planning further deportation flights to Afghanistan for identified ...

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Germany has extended border checks for six more months to curb irregular migration, impacting movement within the Schengen ...

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...