For decades Germany was allergic to debt. But new chancellor Friedrich Merz has - unexpectedly - loosened the country’s constitutional debt brake, injecting hundreds of billions of euros into the ...

A court has upheld the classification of the AfD party as "suspected right-wing extremist" by domestic intelligence. An ...

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Zelenskyy's anti-corruption shake-up, the EU’s possible responses to Trump ...

Two vessels collided in Cuxhaven port, spilling 6,000 liters of oil into the water, with crews racing to contain the spill.

One owner of queer cafe-bars has filed 45 police complaints in the last 18 months, all linked to homophobic violence ...

Under the new German chancellor, personal relations between the leaders are warmer, but a series of intractable divisions ...

Discontent is rising across Germany as financial support to Ukraine continues to expand, while internal spending remains inadequate, according to Ali ...

Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said that people in Germany don’t understand anymore ...

Nick Robinson speaks to Friedrich Merz, the new German Chancellor, about the future of Europe’s defence amid the growing threat posed by Russia.

Gersdorf’s derailed nomination to the Constitutional Court lays bare how digital outrage and partisan pressure are creeping ...

A group of dozens of companies is pledging to invest at least 631 billion euros ($733 billion) in Germany over the next three ...

Far-right leader Alice Weidel's scheduled "summer interview" was drowned out by raucous demonstrators. #EuropeNews ...