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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls. By Clay Risen Reporting from Berlin Ever since the German ...

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 ...

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.

LITTLETON, Colorado, May 8 (Reuters) - Clean energy sources generated the smallest amount of Germany's electricity in over a decade so far in 2025, dealing a blow to the energy transition momentum ...

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 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 ...

"This issue is about clarity, consistency and control," Dobrindt told reporters. Germany's Bild newspaper first reported the plans earlier on Wednesday. The rejection of asylum seekers is legally ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has said it will await a court ruling before moving forward with plans to classify the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a "right-wing ...

Alexander Dobrindt, the new interior minister, rescinded Merkel's 2015 order, which had previously allowed hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers to enter Germany, many of whom were fleeing civil ...