Pensions, migration and conscription will continue to dominate domestic politics in Germany this year. Above all, the focus ...

Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. Christian Lindner’s dismissal prompted him to ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz touched on war in Ukraine, increased defense spending, changing ties to the US, technological ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest party, according to provisional results following Sunday’s ...

BERLIN – Germany’s three-party coalition government, wracked by infighting and policy paralysis over a stagnant economy, is teetering on the brink of collapse. It does not look likely to last until ...

When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt brake ...

Germany's ruling coalition has long been on shaky ground, amid increasing divisions over economic and budget policies among its three member parties. The situation intensified in recent weeks, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. At a time when far-right movements are surging across Europe, Germany seems to occupy a zone of its own. On one hand, the country’s far-right Alternative for ...

Germany still leans on fax machines and paperwork for basic public services. How can a nation of tech pioneers be so slow to adopt digital government?

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitution restrictions on borrowing, enabling 1 trillion euros ...

A Leopard 2 main battle tank carries out maneuvers during a visit by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to the Bundeswehr's Panzerbataillon 203 tank squadron on Feb. 1, 2023, in Augustdorf, ...

Although Chinese exports to Germany have grown this year, Germany's government has warned companies to scale back what it sees as an unhealthy dependence on China. As part of NPR's China series this ...