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 ...

For more than ten years, Peter Fitzek has been at the head of a fantasy state calling itself the "Kingdom of Germany." A spokeswoman for Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office said the founder of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The self-styled "king" of Germany and three of his senior "subjects" were arrested for attempting to overthrow the state, according to media reports. Peter Fitzek, 59, was taken into police ...