The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his cabinet were ... and the Bundestag adopted its rules of procedure. The term of the current federal government concludes with the constitution of the new ...

Germany is on track for a sharp increase in military spending that could equip a bigger Bundeswehr—the German military—with ...

Germany has just passed a major reform to its constitutional debt brake, unlocking billions of euros in funding. One model ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit key stumbling blocks.

Germany’s acting Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday sharply criticized the Trump administration for “denying and ignoring” the facts about climate change, ignoring how it is one of the most ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz ... describing it as “one of the more structural root causes of the current stagnation” and comparing it to trying to accelerate a car with the ...

In a significant shift for Germany's defense policy, incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced plans to revitalize the country's military, the Bundeswehr, which has faced decades of ...