The package, which will allow for a large increase in military expenditure, passed through the Bundesrat despite objections ...

The Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) have launched a massive rearmament programme, aiming to ...

The Greens have declared themselves ready to support the gigantic rearmament programme proposed by the incoming grand ...

Germany’s historic shift on spending means more for defence and infrastructure. A top German economist explains what needs to ...

Lawmakers in Germany took a step to loosen a long-standing limit on government debt. The move aims to allow the ...

Germany’s total Ukraine aid hits €7bn in 2025, cementing Berlin as one of Kyiv’s top military supporters in Europe ...

Berlin court has ordered parliamentary squad to lift ban on far-right lawmakers ...

The real winners of the German election are the hard-right leader Alice Weidel and her White House friends, Elon Musk, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump. Whatever Friedrich Merz’s plans are, he must expect ...

The centre-right and centre-left parties seeking to hammer out a coalition deal following last month's parliamentary elections in Germany are merely paving the way for the far right, maverick populist ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

Matthew Brookes discusses the recent German election, and warns that increasing polarisation could lead to the return of extreme politics in Germany.