The Social Democrats were once a "big tent" party, with the support of almost half of Germany's electorate. Now, the SPD is ...

On a dark February morning at Mercedes-Benz's vast Untertuerkheim plant, workers arriving for the early shift are met by ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Correspondent Rob Schmitz discuss Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at to the Munich Security Conference.

Germany is moving closer to a major decision on how children access social media, as political leaders debate whether young users should face strict age limits or even an outright ban.

BERLIN – Months after American voters returned Donald Trump to the White House, the 2024 U.S. election is casting a giant shadow over the 2025 German election. The parallels between the two are ...

(Bloomberg) -- France is watching with both awe and unease as Germany pours resources into a historic rearmament, upending longstanding balances on the continent. Berlin is doing exactly what the ...

Germany’s parliament has approved a controversial 2026 federal budget that dramatically increases public spending while projecting massive fiscal deficits over the coming years. The Bundestag passed ...

Europe, as the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk recently wrote, has ended a long “vacation from history.” We have crossed the threshold into a gloomier era that is once again characterized by power ...