The Chancellor’s luck may, of course, change. Growth might pick up; the supply-side reforms might bring some benefits; tax ...

But the basic reality is this: it is not being honest with the public. It was not honest about the need for tax rises during the election. And now it cannot be honest about them in government. Almost ...

Amid rising geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, climate diplomats are meeting in Berlin to shape the agenda for ...

Lead negotiators for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc are to resume talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday with the aim of forming a viable coalition, the three parties ...

Germany is disappointed that the United States plans to leave the Paris climate agreement also in view of the fact the U.S.

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

Germany’s new parliament has elected as its speaker a conservative former minister. She called Tuesday for civilized debate ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

The German military, which has seen its numbers dwindle from over half a million to just over 180,000, is now only the fifth largest in Europe.

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level ...

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