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 ...

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Only a 45-minute drive from Munich, along the shores of a crystal-clear lake, lies the quaint spa town of Tegernsee. Here, ...

Germany saw a 40 percent jump in politically motivated crime last year, official data showed Tuesday, with the federal police chief warning of a growing "radicalisation in society". The number of ...

Uncover the perfect mix of hidden gems and iconic landmarks with this guide to the 20 best places to explore in Germany. From ...

Germany arrested five people accused of participating in a right-wing terror cell that sought to attack migrants and undermine the country’s democratic system. The ...

Outgoing Chancellor Scholz cautioned against any rushed decisions after Germany's intelligence service designated the AfD party as "right-wing extremist." https://p ...

The man now charged with making sense of that seismic disruption, and providing a stabilizing road map for Germany’s new place in the world, is Friedrich Merz, a 69-year-old former corporate lawyer.

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 ...

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 ...

Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was sworn in to office as the fifth chancellor of a reunified Germany on Tuesday evening. The neck-snapping events — with ...

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.